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The popular tradition of taking a trip during Ferragosto arose under the Fascist regime.In the second half of the 1920s, during the mid-August period, the regime organised hundreds of popular trips through the fascist leisure and recreational organisations of various corporations, and via the setting up of the "People's Trains of Ferragosto", which were available at discounted prices.
The Solemnity of the Assumption on 15 August was celebrated in the Eastern Church from the 6th century. The Western Church adopted this date as a Holy Day of Obligation to commemorate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a reference to the belief in a real, physical elevation of her sinless soul and incorrupt body into Heaven.
August 15 is the 227th day of the year ... Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation ...
In the Syro-Malabar Church, there are 6 holy days of obligation: [3] Epiphany (January 6) Sts. Peter and Paul (June 29) The Ascension of Our Lord (sixth Thursday after Easter) St. Thomas (July 3) The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15) Christmas (December 25)
Work-free day (it is always on Sunday), in May or June, fifty days after the Easter (date varies). 25 June Statehood Day: dan državnosti: State holiday, work-free. Commemorates the act of independence in 1991. 15 August Assumption Day: Marijino vnebovzetje (veliki šmaren) Work-free day since 1992. [6] 31 October Reformation Day: dan reformacije
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The three-day festival of Nemoralia corresponds to the Catholic feast days of Hippolytus of Rome (a supposed 3rd century CE martyr who shares a name with Hippolytus, a mythological figure heavily associated with Diana) on August 13, and the feast of Assumption of Mary on August 15. Scholars such as C.M. Green, James Frazer, and others have ...
North Carolina’s tourism industry and some parents pushed for the law. But Wake County could begin the school year Aug. 7 — nearly three weeks earlier than what is allowed.