August 24 - Holidays

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Abban of Ireland
  • Bartholomew (Roman Catholic, Anglican)
  • Ouen
  • August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Earliest date on which Notting Hill Carnival can fall, while August 31 is the latest; celebrated on the last Monday in August and the day before. (Notting Hill)
• National Day or Den' Nezalezhnosti, celebrates the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union in 1991.
• One of the three Mundus patet, a harvest feast involving the dead. (Roman Empire)
• International Day Against Intolerance, Discrimination and Violence based on Musical Preference, Lifestyle and Dress Code.