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Sunday is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday. In most Christian traditions it is the Lord’s Day, as opposed to the seventh-day Sabbath or Jewish Shabbat. For many Christians it is the day set apart for worship of God, due to their belief in Christ’s resurrection on a Sunday, according to the Gospels.

EU countries consider it the seventh or the last day of the week. In the UK Sunday is the seventh day in the civil week. In the Jewish law, Sunday is the first day of the Hebrew calendar week.

Sunday is a day of rest in many countries of the world, part of the weekend. In most Muslim countries, and Israel, Sunday is a working day.

The Gregorian calendar repeats every 400 years, and no century starts on a Sunday. The Jewish New Year never falls on a Sunday. Only those months beginning on a Sunday will contain a Friday the 13th.

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The first Christian reference to Sunday is found in the First Apology of St. Justin Martyr. In a well-known passage of the Apology (Chapter 67), Justin describes the Christian custom of gathering for worship on Sunday. And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits…, he writes.

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On the venerable day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country however persons engaged in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits because it often happens that another day is not suitable for grain-sowing or vine planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost.