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St. Andrew's Day

Saint Andrew's Day
Siemiradzki Noc-Andrzeja 1867.jpg
Henryk Siemiradzki. St. Andrew's Night – Fortune-telling, 1867
Observed by Orthodox Christian Church
Roman Catholic Church (traditional holy day of precept)
Anglican Communion
Presbyterianism
Patronal feast of Scotland
Type Religious
National (in Scotland and Romania)
Celebrations Bank holiday (in Scotland and Romania)
Date 30 November
Next time 30 November 2017 (2017-11-30)
Frequency annual

St. Andrew's Day is the feast day of Saint Andrew. It is celebrated on 30 November.

Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Cyprus, Scotland, Greece, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople,San Andres Island, Colombia, Saint Andrew, Barbados and Tenerife.

St. Andrew's Day (Scots: Saunt Andra's Day, Scottish Gaelic: Là Naomh Anndrais) is Scotland's official national day. In 2006, the Scottish Parliament designated St Andrew's Day as an official bank holiday. It is also a national holiday in Romania (since 2015).

In Germany, the feast day is celebrated as Andreasnacht ("(St.) Andrew's Night"), in Austria with the custom of Andreasgebet ("(St.) Andrew's Prayer"), and in Poland as Andrzejki ("Andrew's (festivities)"), in Russia as Андреева ночь ("Andrew's night").

Saint Andrew's Day marks the beginning of the traditional Advent devotion of the St. Andrew Christmas Novena.

The celebration of St Andrew as a national festival is thought to originate from the reign of Malcolm III (1034–1093). It was thought that ritual slaughter of animals associated with Samhain was moved to this date, so as to assure enough animals were kept alive for winter. But it is only in more recent times that the 30 November has been given national holiday status.


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