Banks are closed
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Monday april 1, 2024
Banks only :
Easter holiday (end)
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Monday april 8, 2024
School holidays :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday april 10, 2024
cards/flowers : The month of Ramadan is that in which was revealed the Quran; a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the criterion (of right and wrong). And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month, and whosoever of you is sick or on a journey, a number of other days. Allah desires for you ease; He desires not hardship for you; and that you should complete the period, and that you should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that perhaps you may be thankful [Wikipedia]
Labour Day
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Jum ill-Haddiem
Mothers' Day
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Sunday may 12, 2024
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howes Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mothers Day in 1914
Commemoration of the June 7th 1919 uprising
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Friday june 7, 2024
Secular holiday : Commemorates events which occured in 1919, when after British authorities raised the price of bread, riots ensued. During the riots, British troops fired into the crowds, killing four: Ġużeppi Bajjada, Manwel Attard, Wenzu Dyer and Karmenu Abela. They are today remembered by a monument to their honour in the square outside the Presidential Palace in Valletta. Also on the same day, the National Assembly was formed, and self-government was demanded Wikipedia
European elections
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Saturday june 8, 2024
Special Events :
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 16, 2024
cards/flowers :
International Fair of Malta
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Friday june 28, 2024
Tradeshows : Www.mfcc.com.mt/venue lasts 2 weeks - in La Valette 2024 edition confirmed
St Peter & St Paul
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Saturday june 29, 2024
Catholic : Or Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul is a liturgical feast in honour of the martyrdom in Rome of the apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul. The celebration is of ancient origin, the date selected being the anniversary either of their death or of the translation of their relics.
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday july 5, 2024
School holidays :
Assumption
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Thursday august 15, 2024
Catholic : Dogma defined by the Catholic Church on November 1, 1950, when Pope Pius XII declared that at the end of her life, Mary's body and soul were assumed into Heaven.
Nativity of Our Lady - Victory in the Second World War
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Sunday september 8, 2024
Secular holiday : September 8 recalls some of the most important historic events from the history of the Maltese Islands. The main celebration, apart from the religious feast celebrated in Mellieha, Naxxar, Senglea, and in Xaghra, Gozo, is the commemoration of the victory of the Knights of St John and the Maltese in the Great Siege over the Ottoman Turks in 1565 . In fact, a commemorative ceremony is still held annually in Valletta, by the Great Siege Monument in front of the Courts.
Independence Day
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Saturday september 21, 2024
Secular holiday : Granted by the UK in 1964
Malta Air Show
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Saturday september 28, 2024
Tradeshows : Www.maltairshow.com Lasts two days 2024 edition NOT confirmed
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday september 30, 2024
School holidays :
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday october 27, 2024
Special Events : At 1:00 a.m. local times