Mangaia Gospel Day
Mangaia Gospel Day is held on June 15. Cook Islands. This event in the second decade of the month June is annual. Help us
Mangaia is the most southerly of the Cook Islands and the second largest, after Rarotonga.
Here are the days that have been (historically) celebrated as “Gospel Day” in the Cook Islands archipelago: March 13th (Penrhyn Gospel Day); May 25th (Palmerston Gospel Day); June 15th (Mangaia Gospel Day); July 19th (Atiu Gospel Day, Mitiaro Gospel Day, and Mauke Gospel Day); August 8th (Manihiki Gospel Day), August 15th (Rakahanga Gospel Day); October 26th (Aitutaki Gospel Day); December 6th (Pukapuka Gospel Day); — plus there is a “National Gospel Day” collectively celebrated in the Cook Islands on October 27th.
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