| Easter holiday (beginning) - Friday March 23, 2018 School holidays :
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| Good Friday - Friday March 30, 2018 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 1, 2018 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 2, 2018 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 9, 2018 School holidays :
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| Labour Day - Monday May 7, 2018 Secular holiday :
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| Royal wedding - Friday May 18, 2018 Special Events :
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| Pentecost (beginning) - Friday May 18, 2018 School holidays :
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| Whit Monday - Monday May 21, 2018 Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry.
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| Pentecost (end) - Tuesday May 22, 2018 School holidays :
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| Fathers' Day - Sunday June 17, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Summer holiday (beginning) - Friday July 6, 2018 School holidays :
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| Carnival - Monday August 6, 2018 Secular holiday : The first day of carnival is called J'ouvert
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| Carnival - Tuesday August 7, 2018 Secular holiday : The last day of carnival is called Last Lap http://www.antiguacarnival.com/
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| Summer holiday (end) - Monday September 3, 2018 School holidays :
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