8 Esfand · Spenta Armaiti 1395

Events on this day

• Beginning of the Great Fast (Assyrian) · Sawma Raba

  Assyrian · Cultural

  The Sunday seven weeks before Easter that opens the Great Fast, the Assyrian Church of the East's 50-day Lent.

Other events

• First Iranian Oscar · Jodai-ye Nader az Simin
• Ayyám-i-Há · Day 2
• Forgiveness Sunday (Cheesefare Sunday)
• Maslenitsa (Cheesefare Week) · Maslenitsa · Day 7
• Poon Paregentan (Eve of Great Lent) · Poon Paregentan
• Rosh Chodesh · Day 1

Facts

• Day 344 of 1395
• 22 days left
• Zodiac sign: Pisces · Hut