Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday march 22, 2024
School holidays :
Good Friday
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Friday march 29, 2024
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.
Holy Saturday
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Saturday march 30, 2024
Catholic : Paid holiday
Easter Monday
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Monday april 1, 2024
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.
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Tuesday april 2, 2024
School holidays :
Parliamentary election
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Wednesday april 17, 2024
Special Events :
Ascension holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday may 8, 2024
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Ascension holiday (end)
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Monday may 13, 2024
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Pentecost holiday (beginning)
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Friday may 17, 2024
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Pentecost holiday (end)
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Tuesday may 21, 2024
School holidays :
Province Day (Isable only)
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Monday june 3, 2024
Secular holiday :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday june 7, 2024
School holidays :
Province Day (Temotu only)
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Saturday june 8, 2024
Secular holiday :
Province Day (Rennell only)
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Thursday june 20, 2024
Secular holiday :
Province Day (Central Solomon Island only)
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Saturday june 29, 2024
Secular holiday :
Independence Day
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Sunday july 7, 2024
Secular holiday : The United Kingdom established a protectorate over the Solomon Islands in the 1890s. Some of the bitterest fighting of World War II occurred on these islands. Self-government was achieved in 1976 and full independence was granted two years later on 7 July, 1978. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday [Wikipedia]
Independence Day
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Monday july 8, 2024
Secular holiday : The United Kingdom established a protectorate over the Solomon Islands in the 1890s. Some of the bitterest fighting of World War II occurred on these islands. Self-government was achieved in 1976 and full independence was granted two years later on 7 July, 1978. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday [Wikipedia]
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Tuesday july 9, 2024
School holidays :
Province Day (Guadalcanal only)
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Thursday august 1, 2024
Secular holiday :
Province Day (Makira/Ulawa only)
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Saturday august 3, 2024
Secular holiday :
Province Day (Malaita only)
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Thursday august 15, 2024
Secular holiday :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday september 13, 2024
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Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday september 23, 2024
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