Holidays and observances
Holidays and observances on February 26
10 holidays and special days are celebrated on February 26 around the world.
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Holidays and observances
Christian feast day:
Alexander of AlexandriaAlexander I of Alexandria was the 19th Patriarch of Alexandria.- Christian feast day: Emily Malbone Morgan (Episcopal Church (USA))Emily Malbone Morgan was a prominent social and religious leader in the Episcopal Church in the United States who helped found the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross as well as the Colonel Daniel Putnam Association.
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Isabelle of FranceIsabelle of France was a French princess and daughter of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. She was a younger sister of King Louis IX of France and of Alfonso, Count of Poitiers, and an older sister of King Charles I of Sicily. In 1256, she founded t
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Li Tim-Oi (Anglican Church of Canada)Florence Li Tim-Oi was a Hong Kong-born Anglican priest. She was the first woman to be ordained to the priesthood in the Anglican Communion on 25 January 1944.
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Paula Montal FornésPaula Montal Fornés was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the foundress of the Sisters of the Pious Schools. Montal Fornés dedicated her religious career to serving as an educator in Barcelona where she founded schools for people in the area. Th
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Porphyry of GazaPorphyrius was bishop of Gaza from 395 to 420, known, from the account in his Life, for Christianizing the recalcitrant pagan city of Gaza, and demolishing its temples.
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February 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)February 26 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for t- Day of Remembrance for Victims of Khojaly Massacre (Azerbaijan)The Khojaly massacre was the mass killing of Azerbaijani civilians by Armenian forces and the 366th CIS regiment in the town of Khojaly on 26 February 1992. The event became the largest single massacre throughout the entire Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
- Liberation Day (Kuwait)
Saviours' Day (Nation of Islam)Saviours' Day is a holiday of the Nation of Islam commemorating the birth of its founder, Master Wallace Fard Muhammad, officially stated to be February 26, 1877. It was established by Elijah Muhammad.
Frequently asked questions
What is celebrated on February 26?
10 observances are celebrated on February 26 around the world: Christian feast day: Alexander of Alexandria, Christian feast day: Emily Malbone Morgan (Episcopal Church (USA)), Christian feast day: Isabelle of France, Christian feast day: Li Tim-Oi (Anglican Church of Canada), Christian feast day: Paula Montal Fornés, Christian feast day: Porphyry of Gaza. The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.
What happened on February 26?
39 documented historical events happened on February 26, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: According to Ptolemy, the reign of the Babylonian king Nabonassar (name in Akkadian pictured) began, marking a new era characterized by the systematic maintenance of chronologically precise historical records. On the same day, in another year: Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon made the first recorded European landing in Australia, although he believed that he was on New Guinea. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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