Great Prayer Day in Denmark
Great Prayer Day in Denmark is held on May 1. The 4th Friday after Easter Major Prayer Day. This event in the first decade of the month May is annual. 
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Great Prayer Day (in Danish Store Bededag) is a special Danish festival. The day was introduced in the Church of Denmark in 1686 by King Christian V as a consolidation of several minor (or local) Roman Catholic holidays that had survived the Reformation of the national church. Store bededag is a statutory holiday in Denmark. Nowadays most Danes associate the Great Prayer Day with hot wheat buns (in Danish: varme hveder).
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