Tuesday (pronounced /ˈt(j)uːzdeɪ, ˈt(j)uːzdɪ/ ( listen)) is the day of the week between Monday and Wednesday. According to international standard ISO 8601, it is the second day of the week. It was named after the Old English god Tiw.
The name Tuesday derives from the Old English "Tiwesdæg" and lterary means "Tiw's Day". Tiw is the Old English form of the Proto-Germanic god *Tîwaz, or Týr in Norse, a god of war and law.
In the Eastern Orthodox Chu...
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Tuesday (pronounced /ˈt(j)uːzdeɪ, ˈt(j)uːzdɪ/ ( listen)) is the day of the week between Monday and Wednesday. According to international standard ISO 8601, it is the second day of the week. It was named after the Old English god Tiw.
The name Tuesday derives from the Old English "Tiwesdæg" and lterary means "Tiw's Day". Tiw is the Old English form of the Proto-Germanic god *Tîwaz, or Týr in Norse, a god of war and law.
In the Eastern Orthodox Church. Tuesdays are dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. The Octoechos contains hymns on this theme, arranged in an eight-week cycle, that are chanted on Tuesdays throughout the year. At the end of Divine Services on Tuesday, the dismissal begins with the words: "May Christ our True God, through the intercessions of his most-pure Mother, of the honorable and glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John…"
In the Greek world, Tuesday (the day of the week of the Fall of Constantinople) is considered an unlucky day. The same is true in the Spanish...
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