Orthodoxe : Nach einem Streit mit dem Zaren wurde er 893 zum Bischof des entlegenen Orts Drembica (Velika) ernannt, das einer Verbannung nahe kam. Später erlangte Kliment wieder die Gunst des Herrschers und wurde Erzbischof von Ohrid. Er gründete das Pantaleimon-Kloster in Varoš gilt auch als der erste slawische Komponist und Musiklehrer. Nach seinem Tod im Jahr 916 wurde er in der Kirche St. Pantaleimon bei Ohrid bestattet. Als die Türken diese Kirche im 15. Jahrhundert in eine Moschee umwandelten, wurden Hl.Kliments Gebeine in die Ohrider Kirche Sveta Bogorodica umgebettet. (Wikipedia) Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

Orthodoxe : Also celebrated by catholics in Romania.

Orthodoxe : 'Synaxis Hyperagias Theotokou Marias'

Orthodoxe : Weihnachtsfeiertag des orthodoxen Weihnachtsfestes nur durch die orthodoxe Gemeinde beobachtet

Orthodoxe : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

Orthodoxe : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

Orthodoxe : The term comes from ancient Greek and means appearance . Cele ated on the 6th January, this feast corresponds to the presentation of Child Jesus to the Magi. This is the day of Jesus' first miracle, the Wedding in Cana , and the day of his own baptism Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

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Orthodoxe : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

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Orthodoxe : The difference in Christmas celebrations stretches back to 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII ruled the Catholic Church should follow a new calendar – called the Gregorian calendar, more in sync with the sun than the Julian calendar. The Julian calendar was established by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C. Because it was the pope who ruled on it, many churches not in sync with the Vatican ignored it, Protestants and Eastern Orthodox among them. Protestants accepted the new calendar in the early 1700s. In 1922, the patriarch of Constantinople decided to follow the new Gregorian calendar in observance of Christmas, but not for Easter. His lead was followed by many other Orthodox churches. The only Orthodox churches that observe the Jan. 7 date are the Russian Orthodox Church, the Ukrainian churches, the Serbs and the Mt. Athos monks in Greece, work on weekends and non-working holidays is not overtime work.

Orthodoxe : Orthodox Epiphany, also called Vodici for the Christian community

Orthodoxe : Ein christlicher Feiertag (vom griechischen Wort epiphaneia bedeutet Manifestation oder erscheinen) erinnert an die Darstellung des Jesuskindes an die Heiligen Drei Könige oder drei Weisen. Es markiert das Ende der zwölf Tage von Weihnachten und wird auch Die Anbetung der Heiligen Drei Könige oder Die Manifestation Gottes genannt. Der Legende nach, die auf einer biblischen Geschichte basiert, sahen drei Könige (oder Weise/Magi), Caspar, Melchior und Balthasar einen hellen Stern in der Nacht, in der Christus geboren wurde. Sie folgten dem Stern nach Bethlehem, wo sie das Jesuskind fanden und ihm Gold, Weihrauch und Myrrhe überreichten.

Orthodoxe : A Christian holiday (from the Greek word epiphaneia meaning manifestation or to appear) commemorating the presentation of the infant Jesus to the Magi, or three wise men. It marks the end of the twelve days of Christmas and is also called The Adoration of the Magi or The Manifestation of God . According to legend based on a Bible story, three kings (or wise men/magi), Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar saw a bright star on the night that Christ was born. They followed the star to Bethlehem where they found the baby Jesus and presented him with gold, frankincense and myrrh.

Orthodoxe : Orthodox Palm Sunday Christian civil servants only

Orthodoxe : Orthodox Good Friday only observed by the Orthodox community

Orthodoxe : The bright red colored egg is the symbol of Easter (or Pascha) The eggs are colored on Holy Thursday after the Divine Liturgy. The Easter bread is taken to church on Saturday evening when a special sequence of services takes place: Midnight Office... After the service the clergy blesses the breads and eggs brought by the people and they take them home. The eggs are cracked after the midnight service and during the next days. One egg is cracked on the wall of the church (and this is the first egg eaten The ritual of cracking the eggs takes place before the Easter lunch. Each person selects his/her egg. Then people take turns tapping their egg against the eggs of others, and the person who ends up with the last unbroken egg is believed to have a year of

Orthodoxe : In Bulgaria, together with Christmas, Good Friday and Easter are the holiest days in the Orthodox calendar, and are observed with great solemnity. Churches all over the country are serving masses to mourn the crucified son of God. Fasting is especially strict on this day - the Church advises believers not to have any food at all, and to not even drink water. Few Bulgarians, however, are usually that strict.

Orthodoxe : Not a paid holiday

Orthodoxe : Orthodox Easter

Orthodoxe : Wird nur von Orthodoxen gefeiert Paid holiday

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Orthodoxe : Das rote Osterei ist das Wahrzeichen von Ostern (oder Paste). Jeweils ein Ei vor dem Ostermittagessen. Jeder, der das letzte unzerbrochene Ei hat, soll ein Jahr nur Glück haben. Der traditonelle orthodoxe Ostergruß lautet: Christ is Risen! (Christus ist auferstanden). Die Antwort lautet: Indeed He is Risen (Ja, er ist auferstanden).

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Orthodoxe : The day now honors all saints of the church, even those not known by name. The first All Saints Day occurred on May 13, 609 (C.E.) when Pope Boniface IV accepted the Pantheon as a gift from the Emperor Phocas. Boniface dedicated it as the Church of Santa Maria Rotonda in honor of the Blessed Virgin and all martyrs. During Pope Gregory III's reign (731-741), the festival was expanded to include all saints and a chapel in St. Peter's church was dedicated accordingly. Pope Gregory IV officially designated the day in 837.

Orthodoxe : Feierte am Sonntag in einigen Städten.

Orthodoxe : The day now honors all saints of the church, even those not known by name. The first All Saints' Day occurred on May 13, 609 (C.E.) when Pope Boniface IV accepted the Pantheon as a gift from the Emperor Phocas. Boniface dedicated it as the Church of Santa Maria Rotonda in honor of the Blessed Virgin and all martyrs. During Pope Gregory III's reign (731-741), the festival was expanded to include all saints and a chapel in St. Peter's church was dedicated accordingly. Pope Gregory IV officially designated the day in 837. banks remain open

Orthodoxe : Commemorates the creation of the Slavic Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabets by the brothers Saints Cyril and Methodius. The celebration also commemorates the introduction of literacy and the preaching of the gospels in the Slavonic language by the brothers.