The Feast of Saint James, also known as Saint James' Day, is a commemoration of the apostle James the Great celebrated on July 25 of the liturgical calendars of the Roman Catholic church and of the Anglican,[1] Lutheran and some other Protestant churches. The Orthodox Christian liturgical calendar commemorates James on April 30.[2]
July 25 is also the National Day of Galicia of which James is its patron saint (Galician: Festas do Apóstolo).[3]
^"The Calendar". The Church of England. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
^those churches which follow the traditional Julian Calendar, April 30 currently falls on May 13 of the modern Gregorian Calendar)
^"Celebrating the Feast of St. James in Santiago de Compostela". National Catholic Register. July 25, 2020. Archived from the original on April 27, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
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