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In English, the [[names of the days of the week]] are [[Monday]], [[Tuesday]], [[Wednesday]], [[Thursday]], [[Friday]], [[Saturday]], and [[Sunday]]. Sunday, Monday and Saturday are named after celestial bodies in the solar system. The other four days are named after Germanic gods. In many languages, the days of the week are named after gods or classical planets. Such a week may be called a ''planetary week'' (i.e., a classical planetary week). <ref>{{Cite book|last=Lagasse|first=Paul|url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/columency/week/|title=The Columbia Encyclopedia|publisher=Columbia University Press|year=2018|chapter=Week}}</ref> Certain weeks within a [[year]] may be designated for a particular purpose, such as [[Golden Week (China)|Golden Week in China]] and [[Golden Week (Japan)|Japan]], and [[National Family Week]] in Canada. More informally, certain groups may advocate [[awareness week]]s, which are designed to draw attention to a certain subject or cause. The term "week" may also be used to refer to a sub-section of the week, such as the [[workweek and weekend]].
Cultures vary in which days of the week are designated the first and the last, though virtually all have Saturday, Sunday or Monday as the first day. The [[Geneva]]-based ISO standards organization uses Monday as the first day of the week in its [[ISO week date]] system through the international [[ISO 8601]] standard.{{efn|"ISO 8601 Data elements and interchange formats – Information interchange – Representation of dates and times" is an international standard covering the exchange of date- and time-related data.}} Most of Europe and China consider Monday the first day of the (work) week, while North America, Israel, South Asia, and many Catholic and Protestant countries, consider Sunday the first day of the week, while Saturday is judged as the first day of the week in much of the [[Middle East]] (Israel excepted) and [[North Africa]] due to the Islamic influence. Other regions are mixed, but typically observe either Sunday or Monday as the first day.<ref name="
The three [[Abrahamic religions]] observe different days of the week as their holy day. [[Jews]] observe their [[Sabbath]] ([[Shabbat]]) on Saturday, the seventh day, from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday, in honor of God's [[Genesis creation narrative|creation]] of the world in six days and then resting on the seventh. Most [[Christians]] observe Sunday (the [[Lord's Day]]), the first day of the week in traditional Christian calendars, in honor of the [[resurrection of Jesus]]. [[Muslims]] observe their [[Sabbath#Islam|"day of congregation"]], known as {{
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