Buß- und Bettag (Day of repentance and prayer) was a public holiday in Germany and is still a public holiday in
Saxony. In Germany, Protestant church bodies of Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist) and United denominational
affiliation celebrate a day of repentance and prayer. It is now celebrated in November on the penultimate
Wednesday before the beginning of the Protestant liturgical year on the first Sunday of Advent; in other words,
it is the Wednesday that falls between 16th and 22nd November. However, it is not a statutory non-working holiday
any more, except in the Free State of Saxony.