| New Year's Day - Friday January 1, 2021 Secular holiday : Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Christmas holiday (end) - Monday January 6, 2020 School holidays : Www.education.gov.ag
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Calendar issued by the Ministry of Education
Schooling is mandatory till age 16
Usually no school on Saturday
No uniform required
We carry all confirmed dates till July 2020
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| Valentine's Day - Friday February 14, 2020 cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February
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| Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta - Thursday April 2, 2020 Sports events : 2020 edition confirmed
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| Easter holiday (beginning) - Friday April 3, 2020 School holidays :
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| Good Friday - Friday April 10, 2020 Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
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| Easter - Sunday April 12, 2020 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 13, 2020 Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.
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| Easter holiday (end) - Monday April 13, 2020 School holidays :
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| Antigua Sailing Week - Saturday April 25, 2020 Secular holiday : 2020 edition confirmed
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