This day commemorates the Protestant Reformation, the movement that led to the establishment of the Protestant denominations of Christianity. Reformation Day is the anniversary of the act that began the movement in 1517 – Martin Luther’s nailing of the manuscript of his 95 theses to the door of the palace church in Wittenberg, Germany. These statements denounced a number of practices then common in the Roman Catholic Church, including the selling of “indulgences,” or documents granting the forgiveness of sins. This is a public holiday in Protestant parts of Germany.



























