Bettag in Switzerland
In Switzerland - except of in the Canton of Geneva - the Roman Catholic dioceses, the Old Catholic Church, the Jewish congregations and the Reformed (Calvinist) church bodies as well as other Christian denominations celebrate a comparable interfaith feast day named Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer (German: Eidgenössischer Dank-, Buss- und Bettag, or short Bettag, in French: Jeûne federal and in Italian: Digiuno Federale). It is celebrated on the third Sunday in September. In the Canton of Geneva another comparable feast, the Jeûne genevois, is celebrated.
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