Store Bededag, translated literally as Great Prayer Day or more loosely as General Prayer Day, "All Prayers" Day, Great Day of Prayers or Common Prayer Day, is a Danish holiday celebrated on the 4th Friday after Easter. It is also celebrated in the Faroe Islands, where it is called Dýri biðidagur. It is a collection of minor Christian holy days consolidated into one day.

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  • Store Bededag, translated literally as Great Prayer Day or more loosely as General Prayer Day, "All Prayers" Day, Great Day of Prayers or Common Prayer Day, is a Danish holiday celebrated on the 4th Friday after Easter. It is also celebrated in the Faroe Islands, where it is called Dýri biðidagur. It is a collection of minor Christian holy days consolidated into one day. The day was introduced in the Church of Denmark in 1686 by King Christian V as a consolidation of several minor (or local) Roman Catholic holidays which the Church observed that had survived since the Reformation. Store Bededag is a statutory holiday in Denmark. It was one of the few holidays that survived in the great holiday reform that was carried out in 1771 during the reign of Christian VII, when his Prime Minister, Count Johann Friedrich von Struensee was in power. The day was introduced as a more efficient alternative to individually celebrating a number of holidays honoring various minor saints in the Spring. It was not, however, Struensee that had come up with the idea of this particular reform as the church commission who had worked on it had been instituted several years before Struensee arrived at the Danish court. Bells in every church announce the eve of Store Bededag. There are very few traditions associated with Store Bededag. Traditionally, the citizens and students of Copenhagen strolled on the city ramparts on the evening before Store Bededag. The students of Copenhagen University did this in honour of the many students that died defending Copenhagen during the assault on Copenhagen. Another tradition on the evening before is to buy and eat 'varme hveder', a traditional bread. This comes from the fact that bakers was closed on holidays and people bought bread for the following day. Today, the city ramparts are gone and instead the tradition is to walk along Langelinie on Copenhagen's waterfront or on the fortification of Kastellet, though only few follow this tradition depending on the spring weather. It is more common, also outside Copenhagen, to still buy and eat 'varme hveder'.
  • Der Buß- und Bettag in Deutschland ist ein Feiertag der evangelischen Kirche, der auf Notzeiten zurückgeht. Er wurde im Lauf der Geschichte für besondere Anliegen angesetzt, aber oft nicht am selben Datum. Im 20. Jahrhundert wurde er wie auch heute meist am Mittwoch vor dem Ewigkeitssonntag (der letzte Sonntag des evangelischen Kirchenjahres) begangen, also am Mittwoch vor dem 23. November bzw. 11 Tage vor dem ersten Adventssonntag. Das Wort „Buße“ lässt allerdings unrichtige Assoziationen aufkommen. Es geht bei diesem Tag nicht um Büßen für begangene Vergehen im Sinne von „bestraft werden“, sondern um eine Haltungsänderung, eine Umkehr zu Gott hin.
  • Bots- og bededag er fjerde fredag etter påske.
  • Store bededag är en officiell dansk helgdag som infaller på den fjärde fredagen efter påsk. Den dag som idag är känd som "store bededag", blev införd av Hans Bagger. Under sina två första ämbetsår införde han tre faste- och helgdagar i sitt stift. Den ena blev i en kunglig förordning, daterad 1686, lagstadgad som en "extraordinär, allmän helgdag" för hela riket..
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  • Store Bededag, translated literally as Great Prayer Day or more loosely as General Prayer Day, "All Prayers" Day, Great Day of Prayers or Common Prayer Day, is a Danish holiday celebrated on the 4th Friday after Easter. It is also celebrated in the Faroe Islands, where it is called Dýri biðidagur. It is a collection of minor Christian holy days consolidated into one day.
  • Der Buß- und Bettag in Deutschland ist ein Feiertag der evangelischen Kirche, der auf Notzeiten zurückgeht. Er wurde im Lauf der Geschichte für besondere Anliegen angesetzt, aber oft nicht am selben Datum. Im 20. Jahrhundert wurde er wie auch heute meist am Mittwoch vor dem Ewigkeitssonntag (der letzte Sonntag des evangelischen Kirchenjahres) begangen, also am Mittwoch vor dem 23. November bzw. 11 Tage vor dem ersten Adventssonntag.
  • Bots- og bededag er fjerde fredag etter påske.
  • Store bededag är en officiell dansk helgdag som infaller på den fjärde fredagen efter påsk. Den dag som idag är känd som "store bededag", blev införd av Hans Bagger. Under sina två första ämbetsår införde han tre faste- och helgdagar i sitt stift. Den ena blev i en kunglig förordning, daterad 1686, lagstadgad som en "extraordinär, allmän helgdag" för hela riket..
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