The evening of 23 June, St. John's Eve, is the eve of
celebration before the Feast Day of Saint John the Baptist.
The Gospel of Luke
(Luke 1:36, 56–57) states that John was born about six months before Jesus;
therefore, the feast of John the Baptist was fixed on 24 June, six months
before Christmas Eve.
This feast day is one of the very few saints' days which
commemorates the anniversary of the birth, rather than the death, of the saint
being honored.
The Feast of St. John closely coincides with the June solstice,
also referred to as Midsummer in the Northern hemisphere.
The Christian holy
day is fixed at 24 June; but in most countries festivities are mostly held the
night before, on St. John's Eve.
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