Ascension holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday may 8, 2024
School holidays :
Ascension
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Thursday may 9, 2024
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.
Ascension holiday (end)
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Monday may 13, 2024
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Pentecost holiday (beginning)
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Friday may 17, 2024
School holidays :
Pentecost
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Sunday may 19, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
Dancing ban
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Monday may 20, 2024
Culture : This ban applies to all major religious celebrations, but does not apply in homes
Whit Monday
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Monday may 20, 2024
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 21, 2024
School holidays :
Tour de Suisse
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Sunday june 9, 2024
Sports events : Lasts 1 week - www.tourdesuisse.ch/ 2024 edition confirmed
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday july 5, 2024
School holidays :
Dancing ban
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Thursday august 1, 2024
Culture : This ban applies to all major religious celebrations, but does not apply in homes
Confederation Day
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Thursday august 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Instaured at the end of the XIX century. The date refers to an agreement made at the beginning of August 1291 between Uri, Schwyz and Nidwalden. Traditional observance includes bonfires on the the mountains and celebrations in the communities, occasions for patriotic speeches. Modern observance, fostered by the Tourist offices, include fireworks.
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday august 12, 2024
School holidays :
Assumption
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Thursday august 15, 2024
Catholic : The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is the dogma so far defined by the Church. The definition was made by Pope Pius XII on 1st November 1950. The Pope proclaimed: We pronounce, declare and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.
Fall holiday (beginning)
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Friday september 27, 2024
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Saint Gallus
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Wednesday october 16, 2024
cards/flowers : Day of the city's patron. In the city of St. Gall, generally observed. Kriens, Hochwald [Solothurn], St Gallen
Fall holiday (end)
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Monday october 21, 2024
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All Saints' Day
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Friday november 1, 2024
Catholic or protestant : The day now honors all saints of the church, even those not known by name. The first All Saints' Day occurred on May 13, 609 (C.E.) when Pope Boniface IV accepted the Pantheon as a gift from the Emperor Phocas. Boniface dedicated it as the Church of Santa Maria Rotonda in honor of the Blessed Virgin and all martyrs. During Pope Gregory III's reign (731-741), the festival was expanded to include all saints and a chapel in St. Peter's church was dedicated accordingly. Pope Gregory IV officially designated the day in 837.
Dancing ban
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Wednesday november 20, 2024
Culture : This ban applies to all major religious celebrations, but does not apply in homes