Holidays and Festivals - Oman to Orthodoxy

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Oman

The Sultanate of Oman is a country on the Arabian peninsula.

National Day of Oman, November 18.
National Day, July 23. Commemorates the accession of the sultan.

Public holidays National Day (Nov 18), Sultan's Birthday (Nov 19), Id al-Fitr, Id al-Adha, Islamic New Year, Prophet's Birthday, and National Day, Islamic New Year, Ashoura, Mouloud, Leilat al-Meiraj, first day of Ramadan, Id al-Fitr, Id al-Adha.

Orthodoxy

Eastern Orthodoxy refers to the churches of Greece, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Georgia, Serbia, and Sinai. A branch of Christianity. [on the julian calendar] so holidays occur later than on the Gregorian calendar used by most of the western world.

Orthodox Holy Friday. [one week after good friday?]
Orthodox Easter. Sunday after full moon after April 3 [approx.]. The calculation is like that for the typical Easter date, however the spring equinox is fixed at March 21 on the old style calendar, which corresponds to April 3 on the Gregorian.
Holiday of the Three Hierarchs, January 30. Honors Saint Basil, Saint Gregory, and Saint John Chrysostomos.
Christmas, January 7.

Holy days Assumption, Christmas.

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