Christmas holiday (beginning)
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Friday december 22, 2023
School holidays :
Christmas Day
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Monday december 25, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Years Day on Christmas Day.
Sveti Stijepan
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Tuesday december 26, 2023
Catholic :
New Year's Day
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Monday january 1, 2024
Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Epiphany
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Saturday january 6, 2024
Catholic or protestant : The term comes from ancient Greek and means appearance . Celebrated on the 6th January, this feast corresponds to the presentation of Child Jesus to the Magi. This is the day of Jesus' first miracle, the Wedding in Cana , and the day of his own baptism Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Christmas holiday (end)
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Monday january 8, 2024
School holidays : Https://mzo.hr/
calendar issued by the Ministry of Education
all study programs are aligned with the requirements of the Bologna Process
Schooling is mandatory till age 15
Number of teaching days: 178
No school on Saturday
No uniform required
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We carry confirmed dates till July 2024
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Rijeka Carnival
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Friday january 19, 2024
Culture : Https://visitrijeka.hr lasts one month - 2024 edition NOT confirmed
Regional holiday
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Friday february 2, 2024
Secular holiday : St. Blaise (festa Sveti Vlaho)
A 4th century Armenian martyr, he is said to have appeared to the inhabitants of Dubrovnik floating in the air in 971 in order to warn them of an imminent attack from Venice. Since 972, Saint-Blaise has been celebrated every year. in Dubrovnik only
Regional holiday
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Saturday february 3, 2024
Secular holiday : St. Blaise (festa Sveti Vlaho)
A 4th century Armenian martyr, he is said to have appeared to the inhabitants of Dubrovnik floating in the air in 971 in order to warn them of an imminent attack from Venice. Since 972, Saint-Blaise has been celebrated every year. in Dubrovnik only
Zagreb Sport & Boat Show
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Wednesday february 14, 2024
Tradeshows : Lasts 5 days - www.zv.hr 2024 edition confirmed
Winter holiday (beginning)
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Friday february 16, 2024
School holidays :
Winter holiday (end)
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Monday february 26, 2024
School holidays :
Palm Sunday
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Sunday march 24, 2024
Culture : Not a paid holiday
Spring holiday (beginning)
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Thursday march 28, 2024
School holidays :
Easter
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Special Events : At 1:00 am local times
April Fools Day
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Monday april 1, 2024
cards/flowers : As the story goes, in 1564, France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day, instead of the last week of March which was previously observed. In 1582, the Pope followed suit. Those who went on celebrating April 1st were mocked. As the zodiacal sign was the fish, The French placed dead fish on the backs of one another. Traditions vary from country to country.
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.
Croatia Boat Show
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Saturday april 6, 2024
Tradeshows : Www.croatiaboatshow.com lasts 5 days - in Split - 2024 edition NOT YET confirmed
Spring holiday (end)
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Monday april 8, 2024
School holidays :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday april 10, 2024
cards/flowers : The month of Ramadan is that in which was revealed the Quran; a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the criterion (of right and wrong). And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month, and whosoever of you is sick or on a journey, a number of other days. Allah desires for you ease; He desires not hardship for you; and that you should complete the period, and that you should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that perhaps you may be thankful [Wikipedia]
Rally Championship
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Thursday april 18, 2024
Sports events : Https://www.wrc.com/ 2024 edition NOT confirmed
Passover
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Monday april 29, 2024
cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus
Labor Day/May Day
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
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 .
Mothers' Day
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Sunday may 12, 2024
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howes Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mothers Day in 1914
National Day of the Vlachs
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Thursday may 23, 2024
Culture :
National State Day
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Thursday may 30, 2024
Secular holiday : Statehood proclaimed in 1991
Corpus Cristi
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Thursday may 30, 2024
Catholic : Commemorates the Last supper. Pope Urban IV ordered the observance of such a feast in 1264, and in the following century it became universal in the Western Church.
For six hundred years that feast was observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, but in 1970 the new Roman Missal, while retaining that day for some countries, provided that in others the feast be observed on the Sunday after Trinity.
European elections
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Thursday june 6, 2024
Special Events :
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 16, 2024
cards/flowers :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday june 21, 2024
School holidays : Except for the last year of high school
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday june 21, 2024
School holidays : For graduate students only
Anti-Fascism Day
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Saturday june 22, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the uprising of Croatian partisans against German and Italian in 1941