Lentorama 2021: Take Your Holiday to Go

Day 5: Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer

So this is a weird one. It's a Swiss public holiday, but is an interfaith feast day celebrated by a number of religious denominations, Christian and otherwise. Only the Swiss.

It's held on the third Sunday in September, and this page gives a pretty good explanation of how the holiday came about (short version: it was created in the Middle Ages so everyone could do their fasting, penance, etc. at the same time, which seems even more Swiss). This page also talks about the holiday a bit, and has links for other Swiss holidays in case you're interested. Both pages note that the holiday is pretty much secular at this point, so if you're in Switzerland for this feel free to tuck into that raclette.