Dia do Evangélico (only in Brasilia)
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Thursday november 30, 2023
Catholic or protestant :
National Protestant & Evangelical Churches day
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Thursday november 30, 2023
Catholic or protestant :
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
Regional holiday
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Sunday january 21, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Saint Meinrad in Einsiedeln only
Regional holiday
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Monday february 5, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Saint Agatha of Sicily
Optional holiday
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Tuesday february 13, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Carnival
Ash Wednesday
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Wednesday february 14, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Christian observance to begin the 40 day season of Lent. Ashes are marked on worshippers as a sign of penitence.
Optional holiday
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Wednesday february 14, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Until 14:00
Regional holiday
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Monday february 19, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Please check with www.fasnachts-comite.ch (in German) for a list of numerous festivities. It all begins with what is known as the Morgestraich. At exactly 4 a.m., all the lights in the city center go off. Out of the pitch darkness, the sound of drums and piccolos waft through the cold night air. Closer and closer it comes, and a faint light glows in the distance.
Suddenly, there they are, coming from all directions, the musicians and marchers of the citys Fasnacht cliques. Each wears a masks. Some have small lamps on their heads. They carry painted lanterns that mock things that happend during the past year.
National Protestant & Evangelical Churches day
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Tuesday march 5, 2024
Catholic or protestant :
Customary holiday
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Wednesday march 6, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Mid-Lent
St Joseph's Day
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Tuesday march 19, 2024
Catholic or protestant :
St Joseph's Day
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Tuesday march 19, 2024
Catholic or protestant :
Maundy Thursday
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Thursday march 28, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Maundy Thursday: Commemorates the Last Supper when Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist (Lord's Supper).
Good Friday
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Friday march 29, 2024
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.
Regional holiday
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Friday march 29, 2024
Catholic or protestant : in Jammu province only
Optional holiday
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Friday march 29, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Good Friday
Holy Saturday
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Saturday march 30, 2024
Catholic or protestant : paid holiday
Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day
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Saturday march 30, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Spiritual/Shouter Baptist Liberation Day is an annual public holiday celebrated in Trinidad and Tobago on 30 March. The holiday commemorates the repeal on 30 March 1951 of the 1917 Shouter Prohibition Ordinance that prohibited the activities of the Shouter or Spiritual Baptist faith.
Trinidad and Tobago is the only country in the world that celebrates a public holiday for the Spiritual Baptist faith. [Wikipedia]
Easter
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Catholic or protestant : paid holiday