May
21
Thursday
2026

A day in the long story of time.

Now
Holiday

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (International)

Holiday

International Tea Day

International Tea Day (International)

Holiday

Armed Forces Day

Day of Patriots and Military (Hungary)

Holiday

Circassian Day of Mourning

Circassian Day of Mourning (Circassians)

Holiday

May 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day:
May 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Holiday

Saints of the Cristero War

Christian feast day:
Saints of the Cristero War, including Christopher Magallanes

Holiday

John Eliot (missionary)

Christian feast day:
John Elliot (Episcopal Church)

Holiday

Beatification

Christian feast day:
Blessed Hemming of Turku

Holiday

Helena, mother of Constantine I

Christian feast day:
Helena of Constantinople, also known as "Feast of the Holy Great Sovereigns Constantine and Helen, Equal-to-the-Apostles." (Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion)

Holiday

Eugène de Mazenod

Christian feast day:
Eugène de Mazenod

Holiday

Feast of Corpus Christi

Christian feast day:
Earliest day on which Corpus Christi can fall, while June 24 is the latest; held on Thursday after Trinity Sunday (often locally moved to Sunday). (Roman Catholic Church)

Holiday

Franz Jägerstätter

Christian feast day:
Blessed Franz Jägerstätter

Holiday

Beatification

Christian feast day:
Blessed Adílio Daronch and Manuel Gómez González

Holiday

Afro-Colombian Day

Afro-Colombian Day (Colombia)