Winter holiday (beginning)
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Friday February 3, 2023
School holidays :
Winter holiday (end)
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Monday February 13, 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
Restoration Day
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Sunday February 19, 2023
Culture : To repair the moral refusal and humiliation imposed on great Romanian migrants, such as painter Brancusi.
Maslenitsa
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Monday February 20, 2023
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.
Abolition of Slavery
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Monday February 20, 2023
Culture : To mark when the slavery of Gypsies (or Roma) ended on Feb. 20, 1856. There are believed to be 1,5 million Roma in Romania, although the last census only recorded 500,000.
Dragobete
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Friday February 24, 2023
cards/flowers : Dragobete was the son of Baba Dochia, which stands for the main character in the pagan myth related to spring arrival and the end of the harsh winter. Due to his endless kindness he was chosen according to some sources, by Virgin Mary to be the Guardian of Love.
The day is particularly known as the day when the birds are betrothed . It is around this time that the birds begin to build their nests and mate. On this day, considered locally the first day of spring, boys and girls gather vernal flowers and sing together. [Wikipedia]
Mãrțișor
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Wednesday March 1, 2023
Culture : According to the old calendar was considered as the beginning of the new year. Symbolically, it is correlated to women and to fertility as a means of life and continuity. [Wikipedia]
Anniversary of the Revolution 1848-49
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Wednesday March 15, 2023
cards/flowers : Hungarian revolt against the Austrian rule Only observed by the Hungarian community (Transylvania)
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday March 26, 2023
Special Events : At 1:00 am local times
Union Day
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Monday March 27, 2023
cards/flowers : March 27, 1918, is one of the most significant days in the Romanian history. At that moment, after 106 years of Tsarist occupation, Bessarabia returned to its natural borders, being the first Romanian province that united with Romania
April Fools Day
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Saturday April 1, 2023
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.
Spring holiday (beginning)
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Friday April 7, 2023
School holidays :
Passover
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Wednesday April 12, 2023
cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus
Orthodox Good Friday
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Friday April 14, 2023
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 bread is taken to church on Saturday evening when a special sequence of services takes place: Midnight Office... 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 is cracked on the wall of the church (and this is the first egg eaten The ritual of cracking the eggs takes place before the Easter lunch. Each person selects his/her egg. Then people take turns tapping their egg against the eggs of others, and the person who ends up with the last unbroken egg is believed to have a year of May only be observed by the local Orthodox community.
Orthodox Easter
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Sunday April 16, 2023
Orthodox : Paid holiday
Spring holiday (end)
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Monday April 17, 2023
School holidays :
Orthodox Easter Monday
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Monday April 17, 2023
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.
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 .
Mothers' Day
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Sunday May 7, 2023
cards/flowers :
Fathers' Day
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Sunday May 14, 2023
cards/flowers : Ziua Tatălui
Ascension
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Thursday May 18, 2023
cards/flowers :
Children's Day
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Thursday June 1, 2023
Secular holiday : From 2017
Civil Servants holiday
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Friday June 2, 2023
Secular holiday :
Orthodox Pentecost
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Sunday June 4, 2023
Secular holiday : Paid holiday
Whit Monday
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Monday June 5, 2023
Orthodox : From 2009
Transilvania International Film Festival
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Friday June 16, 2023
Culture : Www.tiff.ro lasts 10 days - in Cluj 2023 edition confirmed
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday June 16, 2023
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Flag Day
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Monday June 26, 2023
Culture : It was on this day in 1848 that Decree no. 1 of the Wallachian Provisional Government was issued, making the red-yellow-blue tricolour the national flag.
On Flag Day, public authorities and other state institutions are obliged by law to organize cultural/educational programs and events, with a patriotic or scientific character, devoted to Romanian history, as well as specific military ceremonies, organized within units of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of the Internal Affairs. [Wikipedia]
Bucarest BCr Tennis Open
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Monday July 17, 2023
Sports events : Www.atptennis.com/ 2023 edition NOT confirmed
National Anthem Day
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Saturday July 29, 2023
Culture : Deșteaptă-te, române : variously translated as Awaken thee, Romanian! , Awaken, Romanian! , or Wake Up, Romanian! [Wikipedia]
Civil Servants holiday
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Monday August 14, 2023
Secular holiday :
Dormition of the Virgin
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Tuesday August 15, 2023
Orthodox : Adormirea Maicii Domnului
refers to the feast commemorating what is believed to be the miraculous transport of Mary, in bodily form, to Heaven after her death. Some accounts claim that she died in Jerusalem; others put her death at the Graeco-Roman city of Ephesus, now in Turkey, and the site of an alleged House of the Virgin Mary . since 2008