Slovenia is celebrating Reformation Day, a public holiday that marks more than just the start of the Reformation Movement in 1517. It also celebrates the beginnings of the Slovenian language.
Namely, reformation demands stated that religious books should be in a language that the people understand, the Slovenian Reformation Movement produced the first books in the Slovenian language and, thus laying the foundations of the Slovenian language, of Slovenian culture and of Slovenian national identity.
A protestant worship was held at the Martin Luther Church in Murska Sobota, which was celebrated by protestant bishop Leon Novak and also attended by Slovenian president Borut Pahor.
Slovenia celebrates this holiday since 1992.