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6 January 2009 (Gregorian)	24 December 2008 (Julian)	10 Tevet 5769 (Hebrew)	11st day 12th month 4706 (Chinese)
9 Muharram 1430 (Islamic)	16 Pausa 1930 (Saka)	6 Mokkarakhom 2552 (Thai)	7 Sharaf 164 (Baha'i)
17 Dey 1387 (Persian)	28 Tahsas 2001 (Ethiopian)	22 Dhanu 1184 (Malayalam)	28 Koiak 1725 (Coptic)
22 Margazhi 107/22 Sarvadhari (Tamil)		The Moon is Waxing

YESTERDAY:
Monday, 5 January

TODAY:
Tuesday, 6 January

TOMORROW:
Wednesday, 7 January

Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday (Sikh)
Twelfth Night (Christian)

Day of the Kings
Day of the Three Magi
Dia de Los Reyes (Puerto Rico, Three King's Day)
Epiphany (Christian)
Feast of the Theophany (Orthodox Christian)
Holy Day of The Blackmen

Ashura (Islam)
Baptism of the Lord Jesus (Christian)
Nativity of Jesus Christ (Orthodox Christian, Orthodox Christmas)

Apostolic Lent

by Frann Leach

Apostolic Lent or the Apostles' Fast is a period of fasting observed in the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is held from the day after All Saints to July 11 (in the Gregorian calendar), the day before the Feast of St Peter and St Paul. As All Saints is one week after the variable Great Feast of Pentecost/Trinity Sunday, the effect is that Apostolic Lent is of variable length.

Unlike Western churches, in the Orthodox tradition, there are actually three fasts called "Lent": Great Lent (which corresponds to Lent in the West, although because of calendar differences, the dates to not coincide exactly), Apostolic Lent and Dormition Lent.

Frann ("Tiggsy") Leach is the webmistress and owner of Which Day and TheWebsiteDesign.co.uk. She lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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