Carnival holiday (beginning)
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Thursday February 9, 2023
School holidays :
Valentine's Day
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Tuesday February 14, 2023
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
Carnival holiday (beginning)
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Friday February 17, 2023
School holidays :
Carnival
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Monday February 20, 2023
Secular holiday : Government employees and civil servants only
Carnival holiday (end)
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Monday February 27, 2023
School holidays :
Constitution Day
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Tuesday March 14, 2023
Secular holiday : Celebrates the referendum which lead to a written constitution in May 1993
Fathers' Day
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Sunday March 19, 2023
cards/flowers :
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday March 26, 2023
Special Events : At 1:00 am local times
Easter holiday (beginning)
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Friday March 31, 2023
School holidays :
Parliamentary election
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Sunday April 2, 2023
Special Events :
Banks close at 14:00
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Thursday April 6, 2023
Banks only :
Good Friday
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Friday April 7, 2023
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 April 8, 2023
Catholic : Paid holiday
Easter
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Sunday April 9, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
Easter Monday
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Monday April 10, 2023
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.
Easter holiday (end)
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Monday April 17, 2023
School holidays :
Labor Day/May Day
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Monday May 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Ascension holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday May 17, 2023
School holidays :
Ascension
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Thursday May 18, 2023
Banks only :
Ascension holiday (end)
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Monday May 22, 2023
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday May 26, 2023
School holidays :
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
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Friday May 26, 2023
School holidays :
Pentecost
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Sunday May 28, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
Shops close at 14:00
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Sunday May 28, 2023
Special Events : Since 2010
Whit Monday
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Monday May 29, 2023
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.
Pentecost holiday (end)
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Tuesday May 30, 2023
School holidays :
Shops close at 14:00
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Sunday June 18, 2023
Special Events :
St John
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Saturday June 24, 2023
Secular holiday : John is described in the New Testament as the last of the Old Testament prophets and the precursor of the Messiah. Another celebration is August 29th in remembrance of his beheading. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Shops close at 14:00
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Sunday June 25, 2023
Special Events :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday June 30, 2023
School holidays : Secondary and professional schools leave one week earlier
Andorra la Vella Day
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Tuesday August 1, 2023
Secular holiday :
Assumption
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Tuesday August 15, 2023
Catholic : Dogma defined by the Catholic Church on November 1, 1950, when Pope Pius XII declared that at the end of her life, Mary's body and soul were assumed into Heaven.