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Monday March 6, 2023 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Wednesday March 15, 2023 | Local elections | Special Events | |
Thursday April 6, 2023 | Easter holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Friday April 7, 2023 | Good Friday | Catholic or protestant | |
Sunday April 9, 2023 | Easter | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday April 10, 2023 | Easter Monday | Catholic or protestant | |
Tuesday April 11, 2023 | Easter holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Thursday April 27, 2023 | King's Birthday | Secular holiday | |
Monday May 1, 2023 | Labor Day/May Day | Secular holiday | |
Thursday May 18, 2023 | Ascension | Catholic or protestant | |
Sunday May 28, 2023 | Whitsunday | Catholic or protestant | |
Sunday June 18, 2023 | Fathers' Day | cards/flowers | |
Friday June 30, 2023 | End of school year | School holidays | |
Monday July 31, 2023 | Carnival | Secular holiday | |
Monday July 31, 2023 | Carnival | Events, celebrations... | |
Monday August 21, 2023 | Beginning of school year | School holidays | |
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday March 6, 2023
School holidays :
Local elections
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Wednesday March 15, 2023
Special Events :
Easter holiday (beginning)
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Thursday April 6, 2023
School holidays :
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.
Easter
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Sunday April 9, 2023
Catholic or protestant : 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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Tuesday April 11, 2023
School holidays :
King's Birthday
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Thursday April 27, 2023
Secular holiday : Koningsdag
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
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Thursday May 18, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.
Whitsunday
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Sunday May 28, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Paid holiday
Fathers' Day
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Sunday June 18, 2023
cards/flowers :
End of school year
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Friday June 30, 2023
School holidays :
Carnival
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Monday July 31, 2023
Secular holiday :
Carnival
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Monday July 31, 2023
Culture : Lasts 9 days - Festivities at carnival village nightly, music, local & international show and beauty & calypso contests
Beginning of school year
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Monday August 21, 2023
School holidays :