Bill 167 explained in plain English
Orthodox Christian Week Act, 2024
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Orthodox Christian Week Act, 2024, establishes the seven-day period starting on Orthodox Easter Sunday as Orthodox Christian Week in Ontario.
Bill 167, the Orthodox Christian Week Act, 2024, proclaims a specific week each year to recognize and celebrate the faith, culture, traditions, and history of Orthodox Christians in Ontario. This week is defined as the seven-day period beginning on Orthodox Easter Sunday. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Proclaims the seven-day period starting on Orthodox Easter Sunday as Orthodox Christian Week each year.
- Recognizes the faith, culture, traditions, and history of Orthodox Christians in Ontario.
- Orthodox Christians in Ontario.
- The general public in Ontario, by recognizing a specific cultural and religious observance.
- The Act received Royal Assent on December 19, 2024, and came into force on that day.
- Orthodox Christian Week is the seven-day period in each year starting on Orthodox Easter Sunday.
- The specific date of Orthodox Easter Sunday varies each year, so the exact dates of Orthodox Christian Week will change annually.
- The Act does not create any new programs or funding, nor does it impose any specific obligations or restrictions beyond the proclamation of the week.
This Act establishes Orthodox Christian Week and specifies when it begins each year.
The Act came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.
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