Holidays and observances
Holidays and observances on June 11
14 holidays and special days are celebrated on June 11 around the world.
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- 68events
Holidays and observances
Brazilian Navy Day (Brazil)An Armed Forces Day, alongside its branch-specific variants often referred to as Army or Soldier's Day, Navy or Sailor's Day, and Air Force or Aviator's Day, is a holiday dedicated to honoring the armed forces, or one of their branches, of a sovereign state, i
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Alice of SchaerbeekAlice of Schaerbeek, was a Cistercian lay sister who is venerated as the patron saint of the blind and paralyzed. Her feast day is 15 June.
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Barnabas the ApostleBarnabas, born Joseph (Ἰωσήφ) or Joses (Ἰωσής), was a prominent Christian disciple, identified as an apostle in Acts 14:14. According to Acts 4:36, he was a Cypriot Levite. He undertook missionary journeys as a companion of Paul the Apostle, evangelizing among
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Bartholomew the Apostle (Eastern Christianity)Bartholomew was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Most scholars today identify Bartholomew as Nathanael, who appears in the Gospel of John.
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Blessed Ignatius Maloyan (Armenian Catholic Church)Ignatius Maloyan, born as Shukrallah Maloyan, was an Armenian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Mardin from 1911 to 1915. After repeatedly refusing conversion to Islam, he was tortured and murdered by the Ottoman Gendarmerie during the Armenian geno- Christian feast day: Blessed Maria SchininàMaria Schininà, also known by her religious name Maria of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was an Italian Roman Catholic nun and the founder of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1889). Her adolescence demonstrated no particular spiritual emphasis though the
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Paula FrassinettiPaula Frassinetti is an Italian saint in the Roman Catholic Church and foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Dorothy. Her feast day is June 11.- Christian feast day: Riagail of Bangor Riagail of Bangor, a.k.a. Reghuil, Abbot of Bangor, died 881.
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Rosa Francisca Dolors Molas VallvéRosa Francisca Dolors Molas Vallvé was a Spanish Roman Catholic religious sister. Following her solemn religious profession she assumed the name of "Maria Rosa" and also established the religious congregation known as the Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation.
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Blessed Yolanda of PolandYolanda of Poland or Yolanda of Hungary, also Blessed Yolanda was the daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina. She was the sister of Margaret of Hungary and Kinga of Poland (Cunegunda). One of her paternal aunts was the Franciscan Elizabeth of 
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June 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)June 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 12- Davis Day (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada)Davis Day, also known as Miners' Memorial Day is an annual day of remembrance observed on June 11 in coal mining communities in Nova Scotia, Canada to recognize all miners killed in the province's coal mines.
King Kamehameha I Day (Hawaii, United States)King Kamehameha Day on June 11 is a public holiday in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It honors Kamehameha the Great, the monarch who first established the unified Kingdom of Hawaiʻi—comprising the Hawaiian Islands of Niʻihau, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻo- Student Day (Honduras) Public holidays in Honduras are primarily centered on Christianity and the commemoration of significant events in Honduran history. Each celebration is very important to many families across this country. They are often celebrated with extended family members
Frequently asked questions
What is celebrated on June 11?
14 observances are celebrated on June 11 around the world: Brazilian Navy Day (Brazil), Christian feast day: Alice of Schaerbeek, Christian feast day: Barnabas the Apostle, Christian feast day: Bartholomew the Apostle (Eastern Christianity), Christian feast day: Blessed Ignatius Maloyan (Armenian Catholic Church), Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Schininà. 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 June 11?
68 documented historical events happened on June 11, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Arab–Byzantine wars: The Abbasid army departed Raqqa in northern Syria to begin an invasion of Byzantine-controlled Asia Minor. On the same day, in another year: Inspecting a new prison without being escorted by his bodyguard, the megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, was lynched by the prisoners. 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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