| Spring holiday (beginning) - Friday March 2, 2018 School holidays :
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| Spring holiday (end) - Monday March 19, 2018 School holidays :
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| Good Friday - Friday March 30, 2018 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.
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| Easter - Sunday April 1, 2018 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 2, 2018 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.
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| Hamburg Marathon - Sunday April 29, 2018 Sports events : Www.haspa-marathon-hamburg.de 2018 edition confirmed
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| Mid-term holiday (beginning) - Monday April 30, 2018 School holidays :
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| Labor Day/May Day - Tuesday May 1, 2018 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 .
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| Mid-term holiday (end) - Wednesday May 2, 2018 School holidays :
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| Ascension holiday (beginning) - Friday May 4, 2018 School holidays :
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| Ascension - Thursday May 10, 2018 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.
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| Ascension holiday (end) - Monday May 14, 2018 School holidays :
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| Pentecost (beginning) - Friday May 18, 2018 School holidays :
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| Pentecost - Sunday May 20, 2018 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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| Whit Monday - Monday May 21, 2018 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.
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| Pentecost (end) - Tuesday May 22, 2018 School holidays :
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| Summer holiday (beginning) - Wednesday July 4, 2018 School holidays :
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| Tennis Masters Series Hamburg - Monday July 30, 2018 Sports events : Http://www.atptennis.com/ 2018 edition confirmed
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| Summer holiday (end) - Thursday August 16, 2018 School holidays :
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| Filmfest Hamburg - Thursday September 27, 2018 Culture : Lasts 1 week
www.filmfesthamburg.de 2018 edition confirmed
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| Fall holiday (beginning) - Friday September 28, 2018 School holidays :
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