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Evangelical Churches Day [1]

File:Luther46c.jpg [2]

Reformation Day is a religious holiday celebrated on October 31 in remembrance of the Reformation [3], particularly by Lutheran [4] and some Reformed church [5]communities. It is a civic holiday [6] in Slovenia [7] (since the Reformation contributed to its cultural development profoundly, although Slovenes are mainlyRoman Catholics [8]) and in the German states [9] of Brandenburg [10], Mecklenburg-Vorpommern [11], Saxony [12], Saxony-Anhalt [13], and Thuringia [14]. It is also a national holiday in Chile [15] since 2008.


Source URL (retrieved on 02/09/2013 - 22:22): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/Evangelical-Churches-Day

Links:
[1] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/Evangelical-Churches-Day
[2] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Luther46c.jpg/558px-Luther46c.jpg
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Reformation
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheran
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformed_churches
[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_holiday
[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia
[8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church
[9] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Germany
[10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg
[11] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
[12] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_State_of_Saxony
[13] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxony-Anhalt
[14] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuringia
[15] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile