Late April observances -- Dates for 2014

from Religious Calendar -- Center for Spiritual and Ethical Formation online -- April 23, 2014 Saint George's Day (Christianity) This day commemorates Saint George, one of the most prominent military saints. As patron saint of England, Greece, Russia, Ethiopia, Palestine and Portugal (among others), Saint George's Day is observed throughout the world and in different fashions, including flying Saint George's Cross Flag and participating in parades. April 27, 2014 (begins at sundown) Yom HaSho'ah, Holocaust Remembrance Day (Judaism) Commencing in 1953, Yom HaSho'ah is a remembrance day for the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. Many Jewish communities hold solemn ceremonies on this day. In Israel, Yom HaSho'ah is a national memorial day, where a state ceremony is held, flags are flown at half staff, and those who have perished are recognized with a moment of silence.