Gospel Day is a public holiday in Kiribati.
It's annually appointed to the nearest day to National Day, celebrated in July.
Before Christianity spread across Kiribati, traditional religion prevailed on the islands.
The first European settlers, among them were representatives of different religions, arrived to the islands in the 19th century.
They converted the islanders to their religions, as the result the majority of population of Kiribati (about 56%) are Roman Catholic, another substantial portion of the population (about 34%) is Congregationalist Protestant.
The last 10% of population are Jehovah's Witnesses, Bahais, Mormons, Muslims etc.
Gospel Day is organized by the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches.
