Holidays & Festivals
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GREECE
January
New Year's Day
Epiphany
March
Green/Clean Monday
Greek Independence Day
April
Orthodox Good Friday
Orthodox Easter Monday
May
May Day
June
Holy Spirit Day
August
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
October
Ochi Day
St. Demetrius, Patron Saint's Day in Thessaloniki
December
Christmas Day
2nd day of Christmas
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
January
New Year's Day
Islamic New Year
March
Prophet's Birthday
August
H.H. Sheikh Zayed's Accession Day
Ascension of the Prophet
October
Eid Al Fitr
December
National Day
Eid Al Adha
ARMENIAN
January
New Year's Day Holiday
Orthodox Christmas Day
April
Motherhood & Beauty Day
Orthodox Easter
May
Victory Day (World War II)
Independence Day or 1st Republic Day
July
Constitution Day
Martyr's Day
September
Referendum Day or Independence Day
December
Earthquake Mourning Day
BOSINA-HERZEGOVINA
January
New Year (Western Christians)
Islamic New Year
March
Independence Day
Prophet's Anniversary
May
Labour Day
Victory Day
August
Velika gospa - Assumption (Western Christians)
September
Mala gospa - Nativity of the Virgin Mary (Western Christian)
November
All Saints' Day
All Souls Day
Mitrovdan (Orthodox)
National Day
December
Eid - ul - Adha
Christmas Day (Western Christians)
BULGARIA
January
New Year's Day
March
National Holiday (Liberation Day)
April
Easter Monday
May
Labour Day
St George's Day, Bulgarian Army Day
Education & Culture Day
September
Union Day
Independence Day
November
Day of the leaders of the Bulgarian National Revival
December
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
2nd Day of Christmas
CHINA
January
New Year's Day Holiday
February
Chinese New Year / Lunar New Year
March
International Women's Working Day
April
Qing Ming
May
International Labour Day
Youth Day
June
Tuen Ng (Dragon Boat) Festival
July
Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party
August
Army Day
September
Late Mid Autumn Festival
October
Mid-Autumn Festival
National Day
CROATIA
January
New Year's Day
Epiphany
April
Easter
Easter Monday
May
May Day
June
Corpus Christi
Anti -Fascism Day
National Statehood Day
August
National Thanksgiving Day
Assumption
October
Independence Day
December
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
CZECH REPUBLIC
January
New Year's Day
April
Easter
Easter Monday
May
May Day
Liberation Day (1945)
July
St Cyril & St Methodius
Jan Hus
September
Czech Statehood Day
October
Establishment of Independent Czechoslovakia (1918)
November
Struggle for Liberty and Democracy Day
All Saints Day
Velvet Revolution Day
December
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
2nd Day of Christmas
St Nicholas Day
DENMARK
January
New Year's Day
April
Holy Thursday (Skær Thursday)
Good Friday
Easter
Easter Monday
May
Common Prayer Day
Ascension
Whit Monday
June
Constitution Day
December
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
New Year's Eve
NETHERLANDS
January
New Year's Day
April
Good Friday
Easter
Easter Monday
Queen's Day (Koninginnedag)
May
Liberation Day1
Ascension
Whit Monday
December
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
ESTONIA
January
New Year's Day
February
Independence Day
April
Good Friday
Easter
May
Spring Day
June
Victory Day
Midsummer's Eve, St John's Day (Summer solstice)
August
Restoration of Independence
December
Christmas Day
2nd Day of Christmas
FINLAND
January
New Year's Day
Epiphany
April
Good Friday
Easter
Easter Monday
May
May Day or Vappu
Ascension
June
Midsummer's Eve or Juhannusaatto
Midsummer's Day or Juhannuspaiva
November
All Saints Day
December
Independence Day
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
2nd Day of Christmas
FRANCE
January
New Year's Day
April
Good Friday
Easter
Easter Monday
May
Labour Day
Ascension
Fête de la Victoire 1945 (WWII Victory Day)
Whit Monday
July
Bastille Day
August
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
November
All Saints Day
Armistice Day
December
Christmas Day
2nd Day of Christmas (in Alsace Lorraine-only)
GERMANY
January
New Year's Day
Epiphany
WWII Genocide Memorial Day
April
Good Friday
Easter
Easter Monday
May
May Day or Labour Day
Ascension
Whit Monday
June
Corpus Christi
August
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
October
Day of German Unity
November
All Saints Day
Day of Prayer & Repentance
December
Christmas Eve - Government closed, half day for shops
Christmas Day
2nd Day of Christmas/Boxing Day
New Year's Eve - Government closed, half day for shops
ISRAEL
March
Purim Feast of Lots
Shushan Purim
April
Pesach Passover
May
Independence Day
Shavuot Giving of the Torah
July
Tisha B'Av Fast of 9 Av
September
Rosh Hashana New Year
Yom Kippur Atonement Day
Sukkot Feast of Tabernacles
October
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
INDIA
January
New Year's Day
Makar Sakranti
Republic Day
February
Maha Shivaratri
March
Sri Rama Navami
Holi
Milad un Nabi or Eid ul Milad (The Prophet's Birthday)
Mahavir Jayanti
April
Good Friday
May
Buddha Purnima
August
Independence Day
October
Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
Dussehra
Eid ul Fitr
November
Diwali (Deepavali)
Guru Nanak's Birthday
December
Eid ul Zuha or Adha
Christmas Day
HUNGARY
January
New Year's Day
March
National Day
April
Easter Monday
May
Labour Day
Whit Monday
August
Assumption
Constitution Day
St. Stephen of Hungary
October
Republic Day
November
All Saints Day
December
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
INDONESIA
January
New Year's Day
Chinese New Year
Islamic New Year
March
Prophet's Birthday
April
Good Friday
May
Ascension
August
Ascension of Mohammed
Indonesian Independence Day
October
Eid Al Fitr
December
Eid Al Adha
Christmas Day
ITALY
January
New Year's Day
Epiphany
Fair of Sant'Orso in Aosta
February
Feast of the almond-blossom in Agrigento
February-March
Carnival in Venice, Viareggio and Ivrea
March-April
"Scoppio del carro" in Florence
April
Easter Monday
Liberation Day
May
May Day
Candle race in Gubbio ;Cavalcata sarda" in Sassari ;Maggio musicale" in Florence
May-June
"Festival of the Two Worlds" in Spoleto
June
Anniversary of the Republic
Flower festival in Genzano
July
"Palio" horserace in Siena; ;Festa del Redentore" in Venice ;Umbria Jazz"
August
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Quintana tournament in Ascoli Piceno in Siena ana tournament in Arezzo
August-September
"Settimane musicali" in Stesa al & Opera seasons in Milan and Verona
September
Historical regatta in Venice Game in Marostica in Asti national Cinema Festival in Venice
November
All Saints Day
World War 1 Victory Anniversary Day
October
Grape feast in Merano
November
Feast of the Madonna della Salute in Venice
December
Immaculate Conception
Christmas Day
Boxing Day or St Stephen's Day
Franciscan crib in Greccio
JAPAN
January
New Year's Day (Gantan)
Coming of Age Day (Seijin-no-hi)
February
National Foundation Day (Kenkoku-kinen-no-hi)
March
Vernal Equinox(Shunbun-no-hi)
April
Greenery Day (Midori-no-hi)
May
Constitution Memorial Day (Kenpou-kinen-bi)
Holiday for a Nation (Kokumin-no-kyujitu)1
Children's Day (Kodomo-no-hi)
July
Monday Marine Day, Thanksgiving to the Sea(Umi-no-hi)
September
Monday Respect for the Aged Day (Keirou-no-hi)
Autumnal Equinox (Shuubun-no-hi)
October
Monday Health and Sports Day (Taiiku-no-hi)
November
National Culture Day (Bunka-no-hi)
Labor Thanksgiving Day (Kinrou-kansha-no-hi)
December
Emperor's Birthday (Tennou-tanjyou-bi)
SOUTH KOREA
January
New Year's Day
February
Sollal
March
Independence Movement Day
April
Arbor Day/ Day of Trees
May
Labor Day (banks and workers, not Government)
Children's Day
Buddha's Birthday
June
Memorial Day
July
Constitution Day
August
Liberation Day
October
National Foundation Day
December
Christmas Day
LATVIA
January
New Year's Day
April
Good Friday
Easter
Easter Monday
May
Labour Day, Convocation of the Constituent Assembly of Latvia
June
Ligo Day
St John's Day (Summer solstice)
November
All Saints Day
Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia/National Day
December
Christmas Day
St Stephen's Day
New Year's Eve
LITHUANIA
January
New Year's Day
Defenders of Freedom Day
February
Independence Day
Estonia Independence Day
March
Restoration of Lithuania's Statehood
April
Easter Monday
May
Labour Day
June
Day of Mourning and Hope
Jonines (summer solstice) Night
July
Anniversary of Crowning of Mindaugas
August
Assumption
Black Ribbon Day
September
Crowning of Vytautas the Great
October
Constitution Day
November
All Saints Day
December
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
LUXEMBOURG
January
New Year's Day
April
Easter Monday
May
May Day
Ascension
Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
Whit Monday
June
National Day (Sovereign's Birthday)
August
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
September
Luxembourg City Kermesse
November
All Saints Day
December
Christmas Day
St Stephen's Day
MACEDONIA
January
New Year's Day
Orthodox Christmas Eve
Orthodox Christmas Day
Old New Year (Vasilika) - unofficial but widely celebrated
March
International Woman's Day
May
May Day
St Cyrilus and St Methodius Day.
August
Ilinden (St. Elijah's Uprising Day)
September
Independence Day
October
Anti- Fascist Uprising Day
MALAYSIA
January
New Year's Day
Hari Raya Tussa (Islamic New Year)
February
Chinese New Year
March
Prophet's Birthday
May
Labour Day
Buddha Purnima/Vesak
June
Ajung's Birthday
August
National Day/Merdeka Day
October
Hari Raya Puasa (Eid Al Fitr)- National
November
Deepavali
December
Hari Raya Haji (Eid Al Adha)
Christmas Day
NORWAY
January
New Year's Day
April
Holy Thursday
Good Friday
Easter
Easter Monday
May
May Day
Ascension
Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
Whit Monday
Constitution Day
December
Christmas Eve (Half day from 12 noon)
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
New Year's Eve (Half day from 12 noon)
POLAND
January
New Year's Day
April
Easter
Easter Monday
May
May Day
Constitution Day
June
Corpus Christi
August
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
November
All Saints Day
Independence Day
December
Christmas Day
2nd Day of Christmas
PORTUGAL
January
New Year's Day
February
Carnival
April
Holy Thursday -Easter Monday
Liberation Day
Holy Week Festival
May
Labour Day
Municipal holiday (Ponta Delgada)
June
Corpus Christi
National Day/Camoes and Portugal Day
Festas de São João
Regional holiday (Azores)
Saint Anthony's Day (Lisbon)
Municipal holiday (Oporto)
July
Regional holiday (Madeira)
August
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Municipal holiday (Funchal)
October
Republic Day
November
All Saints Day
Feira de São Martinho
December
Independence Restoration Day, Youth Day
Immaculate Conception
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
Boxing Day (Madeira)
ROMANIA
January
New Year's Day Holiday
Epiphany
Orthodox New Year
May
Labour Day
April
Easter Monday
December
National Day
Christmas Day
2nd Day of Christmas
RUSSIA
January
New Year's Day
2nd day of New Year
Orthodox Christmas Day
Orthodox New Year
February
Defence of the Motherland Day
March
International Women's Day
April
Easter
Cosmonauts' Day
May
International Labour Day
Victory Day (World War II)
November
Day of Accord and Reconciliation
December
Constitution Day/Independence Day
SCOTLAND
January
New Year's Day
Bank Holiday
WWII Genocide Memorial Day (from 2001)
February
Valentine's Day
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Day
March
Mothering Sunday
April
Good Friday - Easter Monday
April Fool's Day
May
May Day Bank Holiday
Bank Holiday
June
Sunday Fathers' Day
August
Summer Bank Holiday
October
Halloween
November
Guy Fawkes' Day
Rememberance Day
St. Andrew's Day (Patron Saint of Scotland)
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO
January
New Year's Day
Orthodox Christmas Day
Orthodox New Year's Day
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
Feast of St Sava
April
Yugoslav National Day
May
International Labour Day
Victory Day
November
Republic Day
SPAIN
January
New Year's Day
Epiphany
February
Day of Andalucia (Andalucia only)
April
Easter Thursday
Good Friday (Not a bank holiday)
Easter
Basque National Day (Easter Monday)
May
May Day/Labour Day
August
Feast of the Assumption (not banks)
September
National Day of Catalonia (Catalonia only)
October
Spanish National Day
November
All Saints Day
December
Day of the Constitution
Immaculate Conception
Christmas Day
SWEDEN
January
New Year's Day
Eve of Epiphany (banks close early)
Epiphany
April
Maundy Thursday (Half Day)
Good Friday
Easter
Easter Monday
King's Birthday
May
May Day
Ascension (Officially 1 day but often two in practice)
Whit Monday
June
Midsummer's Eve
Midsummer Day
October
All Saint's Eve
November
All Saint's Day
December
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
New Year's Eve
TURKEY
January
New Year's Day
March
Noruz
April
National Sovereignty and Children's Day
May
Hidirellez Festival
Ataturk Commemoration and Youth & Sports Day
August
Victory Day
October
Republic Day
Ramazan or Seker Bayram(Eid Al Fitr)
December
Kurban Bayram(Eid Al Adha)
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