Tag: what is reformation day

Nine German states observe October 31, Reformation Day, as a public holiday – Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, , and Bremen.  But what was the Protestant Reformation, and why is it celebrated? Growing up in the Lutheran Church, we heard the how Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to a church door, setting off the Protestant…