Store Bededag, translated literally as Great Prayer Day or more loosely as General Prayer Day, "All Prayers" Day,
Great Day of Prayers or Common Prayer Day, is a Danish holiday celebrated on the 4th Friday after Easter. It is a
collection of minor Christian holy days consolidated into one day. The day was introduced in the Church of
Denmark in 1686 by King Christian V as a consolidation of several minor (or local) Roman Catholic holidays which
the Church observed that had survived the Reformation.
