Store Bededag

Holiday

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Also called	Great Prayer Day
Observed by	Denmark
	Faroe Islands
	Greenland
	Norway
	Iceland
Date of Reg.	2019-06-12 14:38:50
Date of Upd.	2022-12-23 18:47:32
ID	795755

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About Store Bededag

Store bededag, translated literally as Great Prayer Day or more loosely as General Prayer Day, "All Prayers" Day, Great Day of Prayers or Common Prayer Day, is a Danish holiday celebrated on the 4th Friday after Easter. It is also celebrated in the Faroe Islands, where it is called Dýri biðidagur, and in Greenland.

Denmark's new government drops public holiday to boost defence budget

Dec 15,2022 7:20 am

... The axe is likely to fall on Store Bededag (the " Great Prayer Day" ), which falls every year on the Friday before the fourth Sunday after Easter and was introduced as a public holiday in 1686...