The fast of Gedaliya commemorates the murder of the last governor of Judea some 2,000 years ago.
It is commemorated on the first weekday after Rosh Hashana.
In 2008 this will be Thursday, 2 October.
The Catholic Code of Canon Law- 1251
Abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a...