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Tisha B'Av (Hebrew: תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב [a] Tīšʿā Bəʾāv; IPA: [tiʃʕa beˈʔav] ⓘ, lit. ' the ninth of Av ') is an annual fast day in Judaism, on which a number of disasters in Jewish history occurred, primarily the destruction of both Solomon's Temple by the Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Second Temple by the Roman Empire in Jerusalem.
The National Day of Prayer is an annual day of observance designated by the United States Congress and held on the first Thursday of May, when people are asked "to turn to God in prayer and meditation". The president is required by law (36 U.S.C. § 119) to sign a proclamation each year, encouraging all Americans to pray on this day.
February 15: Susan B. Anthony Day. March 10: Harriet Tubman Day. March 19: National Day of Honor [5] March 25: Greek Independence Day [6] March 29: National Vietnam War Veterans Day [7] [8] March 31: Cesar Chavez Day [9] March 31: Transgender Day of Visibility [10] April 6: National Tartan Day.
Tanabata ( Japanese: たなばた or 七夕, meaning "Evening of the Seventh"), also known as the Star Festival ( 星祭り, Hoshimatsuri ), is a Japanese festival originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival. [ 1][ a][ b] It celebrates the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by the stars Vega and Altair respectively).
Our Lady of the Good Event of Parañaque ( Spanish: Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso de Parañaque; Filipino: Ina ng Mabuting Pangyayari ng Parañaque is the name of a statue of the Madonna and Child enshrined in St. Andrew's Cathedral in Parañaque, Philippines. The original Spanish name is often incorrectly rendered in English as Our Lady of ...
August 25. ( 2025-08-25) 2026 date. August 31. ( 2026-08-31) Frequency. annual. National Heroes Day ( Filipino: Pambansang Araw ng mga Bayani[ 1]) is a holiday in the Philippines dedicated to Filipino Heroes. It is a public holiday in the Philippines .
First Tuesday in May. Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage ( Spanish: Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buen Viaje; Filipino: Mahal na Birhen ng Kapayapaan at Mabuting Paglalakbay ), [citation needed] also known as Our Lady of Antipolo and the Virgin of Antipolo ( Filipino: Virgen ng Antipolo ), is a seventeenth-century Roman Catholic wooden image of ...
Ancestral spirits who guide their descendants are believed to reside throughout the mountain. Indigenous Philippine folk religions are the distinct native religions of various ethnic groups in the Philippines, where most follow belief systems in line with animism. Generally, these Indigenous folk religions are referred to as Anito or Anitism or ...