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Contact edit! Womens' Day
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Friday march 8, 2024
Secular holiday : Idea of an international women's day was first put forward at the turn of the 20th century amid rapid world industrialization and economic expansion that led to protests over working conditions. Women from clothing and textile factories staged one such protest on 8 March 1857 in New York City. The garment workers were protesting what they saw as very poor working conditions and low wages. The protesters were attacked and dispersed by police. These women established their first labor union two years later.
Winter holiday (beginning)
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Friday march 8, 2024
School holidays :
Maslenitsa
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Monday march 11, 2024
Culture : Maslenitsa (also known as Butter Week, Pancake week, or Cheesefare Week) has its origins in both pagan and Christian traditions. In Slavic mythology, Maslenitsa is a sun festival, celebrating the imminent end of the winter. corresponds to the Western Christian Carnival.
Winter holiday (end)
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Wednesday march 13, 2024
School holidays :
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Special Events : At 1:00 am local times
Palm Sunday
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Sunday april 28, 2024
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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 .
Spring holiday (beginning)
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Friday may 3, 2024
School holidays :
Orthodox Easter
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Sunday may 5, 2024
Orthodox : Paid holiday
Memorial Day
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Sunday may 5, 2024
Culture : Holocaust Memorial Day is dedicated to the lessons of the past and provides an important opportunity to face any manifestations of hatred
Orthodox Easter Monday
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Monday may 6, 2024
Orthodox : The bright red colored egg is the symbol of Easter(or Pascha).The eggs are colored on Holy Thursday after the Divine Liturgy.The Easter breads are a worldwide Orthodox tradition as well.This bread is taken to church on Saturday evening when a special sequence of services takes place:Midnight Office,Rush Procession,Matins & Divine Liturgy.After the service,the clergy blesses the breads and eggs brought by the people and they take them home.The eggs are cracked after the midnight service and during the next days.One egg takes place before the Easter lunch.Each person who ends up with the last unbroken egg is believed to have a year of good luck.The traditional Orthodox Paschal greeting is: Christ is Risen! .The answer is: Indeed He is Risen . May only be observed by the local Orthodox community.
Victory Day and Europe Day
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Thursday may 9, 2024
Secular holiday : Capitulation of Nazi forces to the Allies (the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and other principal Allied nations) in Berlin on May 8, 1945. It is celebrated in the successor states to the Soviet Union on May 9, because when the German Instrument of Surrender was signed (in the midnight), it was already May 9 in the USSR and Eastern Europe.
Spring holiday (end)
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Monday may 13, 2024
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All Souls' Day
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Monday may 13, 2024
Orthodox : Celebrated on Sunday in some cities.
Paste Blajinilor which means Easter of the Dead or Easter of the kind souls who have passed away .
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday may 31, 2024
School holidays :
Children's Day
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Saturday june 1, 2024
Secular holiday : From 2017
Day of Soviet Invasion
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Friday june 28, 2024
Culture : From 2010 - 1 minute of silence - all entertainment prohibited
National Day
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Tuesday august 27, 2024
Secular holiday : Independence was obtained from the USSR on August 27th, 1991 paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Summer holiday (end)
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Saturday august 31, 2024
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National Language Day
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Saturday august 31, 2024
Secular holiday : In tribute to the establishment of the official language of the country (changed from Russian). This Romanian language is still written in cyrillic characters.