Prague Prince - Day 52
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Tomas told me one fascinating thing about today...Today is my Name Day...
In the Czech Republic, each day of the year corresponds to a personal name. People celebrate their name day ("svátek" or more formally "jmeniny") on the date corresponding to their own given name.
And December 26 is my Name Day...
St. Stephen's Day, or the Feast of St. Stephen, is a Christian saint's day celebrated on 26 December in the Western Church and 27 December in the Eastern Church. Many Eastern Orthodox churches adhere to the Julian calendar and mark St. Stephen's Day on 27 December according to that calendar, which places it on January 9 according to the Gregorian calendar used in secular (and Western) contexts. It commemorates St Stephen, the first Christian martyr or protomartyr.
I'd like to think I was named after this martyr...
After all, I'm a martyr... Right Bibi? :-)
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10:37 AM :: Baba (ponggoloids)
aba aba aba...
sya pa raw ang martyr... :-P
noong 1/04/2008 10:45 PM
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