The patronal feast is where Christianity meets the town. The saint the church is named for gets a day, and in Catholic and Orthodox cultures the day belongs to everyone in the parish boundary regardless of what they believe: liturgy in the morning, the statue or icon carried through the streets on shoulders, brass bands, fireworks, a funfair and a great deal of food and drink. In Latin America, southern Europe, the Philippines and much of Africa it is the largest religious gathering most people attend all year, larger than Easter. Sociologically it is the folk layer of the religion — often organised by lay brotherhoods rather than clergy, funded by local businesses, and periodically the subject of complaint from bishops who find it insufficiently devout. In Greece and Russia the name day, the feast of the saint you are named for, matters more than the birthday, and is celebrated by keeping open house.