Feast of the Holy Family · Eyd-e Khanevadeh-ye Moqaddas

Culture of origin: Christian · Cultural

Holiday sources: Australia (national) · Canada (federal) · Christianity · France · Germany (nationwide) · United Kingdom (England and Wales) · United States (federal)

The Feast of the Holy Family honours Jesus, Mary and Joseph as a model for Christian families. Pope Benedict XV added it to the General Roman Calendar in 1921, on the Sunday after Epiphany, and it was later moved to the Sunday within the octave of Christmas, between December 26 and 31; many Lutheran and Anglican churches keep it too. When Christmas falls on a Sunday there is no such Sunday, and it is kept on Friday, December 30.