At a Glance
February 23
Observances & Celebrations
Commemorative holidays, national days, religious feasts, and international traditions observed on this date.
National observance
Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana)
National observance
National Day (Brunei)
Religious observance
Feast of Blessed Rafaela Ybarra de Vilallonga
Religious observance
Feast of February 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Religious observance
Feast of Polycarp of Smyrna
Religious observance
Feast of Serenus the Gardener
Religious observance
Feast of Willigis
Observance
Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics: Armed Forces Day (Tajikistan) (Tajikistan)
Russia
Observance
Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics: Defender of the Fatherland and Armed Forces day (Belarus)
Russia
Observance
Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics: Defender of the Fatherland Day (Russia)
Russia
Observance
The Emperor's Birthday, birthday of Naruhito, the current Emperor of Japan (Japan)
Japan