At a Glance
August 22
Observances & Celebrations
Commemorative holidays, national days, religious feasts, and international traditions observed on this date.
National observance
International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
Flag observance
Flag Day (Russia)
Russia
Religious observance
Feast of August 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Religious observance
Feast of Blessed Symeon Lukach
Religious observance
Feast of Immaculate Heart of Mary (Roman Catholic calendar of 1960)
Italy
Religious observance
Feast of John Kemble
Religious observance
Feast of Queenship of Mary
Observance
Earliest day on which National Heroes' Day (Philippines) can fall, while August 28 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Monday in August.
Philippines
Observance
Madras Day (Chennai and Tamil Nadu, India)
India