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Movable Christian observances, 2021 January. First Sunday of the year, unless the Sunday falls on January 1, 6, or 7, then January 2: January 5. Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (Roman Catholicism, according to the General Roman Calendar of 1960) First Monday: January 6 . Handsel Monday (Scotland and Northern England)
After they had taken Mauritius from the French during the Napoleonic Wars, the British tried to turn Mauritius Protestant during the 1840s and 1850s. [5] Another account states that Christianity was the first religion in the island country and is the religion for both the Creole and the White population, with more than 80 per cent being Sino ...
All Souls' Day, also called The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, [2] is a day of prayer and remembrance for the faithful departed, [3] observed by Christians on 2 November. [4] [5] Through prayer, intercessions, alms and visits to cemeteries, people commemorate the poor souls in purgatory and gain them indulgences .
Christian Festival: During odd years, and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in even years. The decision to alternate between the two dates was a government decision to avoid increasing the number of unworked days after abolition of slavery (1 February) and Arrival of Indentured Labourers (2 November) were declared public holidays in the ...
Statue of Hindu Goddess Durga at Ganga Talao.. Mauritius is a religiously diverse nation, with Hinduism being the most widely professed faith. According to the 2011 census made by Statistics Mauritius, Hinduism is the major religion at 48.54%, followed by Christianity at 32.71% (with Catholicism as the largest Christian denomination at 26.26%), followed by Islam 17.30% and Buddhism 0.18% in ...
The holiday also falls on the Vernal Equinox . May 6. Martyrs' Day. عيد الشهداء. Jour des martyrs. Syrian and Lebanese national holiday commemorating the Syrian and Lebanese nationalists executed in Damascus and Beirut on May 6, 1916 by Jamal Pasha. November 1. All Saints' Day. عيد جميع القديسين.
Whit Sunday, Whit Monday, Whit Friday, Trinity Sunday. Whit Tuesday (syn. Whittuesday, Whitsun Tuesday) is the Christian holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost Monday, the third day of the week beginning on Pentecost. [1] Pentecost is a movable feast in the Christian calendar dependent upon the date of Easter.
Local custom and variance. Saint Helena has a total of 9 public holidays, Ascension Island a total of 10 days, and Tristan da Cunha a total of 11 days. St. Helena's feast day is celebrated as the island of Saint Helena was discovered on the feast day and is named in her honour; it is a public holiday on St Helena only.