| New Year's Day - Friday January 1, 2021 Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Orthodox Christmas Day - Friday January 7, 2022 Orthodox : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Winter holiday (end) - Tuesday January 12, 2021 School holidays : Information provided by the Asmara International Community School
https://www.aicseritrea.com/
Ministry of Education: http://www.shabait.com
Schooling is mandatory till age 14
schools may remain open on Saturday
school uniforms required
Languages in primary schools: Tigrinya, Beja, Arabic, Tigre, Kunama, Saho, Bilen, Nara, Afar
in secondary schools: English
confirmed till July 2020
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| Orthodox Epiphany - Tuesday January 19, 2021 Orthodox : A Christian holiday (from the Greek word epiphaneia meaning manifestation or to appear) commemorating the presentation of the infant Jesus to the Magi, or three wise men. It marks the end of the twelve days of Christmas and is also called The Adoration of the Magi or The Manifestation of God . According to legend based on a Bible story, three kings (or wise men/magi), Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar saw a bright star on the night that Christ was born. They followed the star to Bethlehem where they found the baby Jesus and presented him with gold, frankincense and myrrh.
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| Fenkil Day - Wednesday February 10, 2021 Culture : Commemorates the resistance. operation of 1990 to liberate the port city of Massawa.
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| Womens' Day - Monday March 8, 2021 Secular holiday : In Mainland China, 1/2 day holiday for women only
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| Spring holiday (beginning) - Friday March 26, 2021 School holidays :
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| Spring holiday (end) - Monday April 5, 2021 School holidays :
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| Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Tuesday April 13, 2021 cards/flowers :
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| Orthodox Good Friday - Friday April 30, 2021 Orthodox : The bright red colored egg is the symbol of Easter (or Pascha) The eggs are colored on Holy Thursday after the Divine Liturgy. The Easter bread is taken to church on Saturday evening when a special sequence of services takes place: Midnight Office... After the service the clergy blesses the breads and eggs brought by the people and they take them home. The eggs are cracked after the midnight service and during the next days. One egg is cracked on the wall of the church (and this is the first egg eaten The ritual of cracking the eggs takes place before the Easter lunch. Each person selects his/her egg. Then people take turns tapping their egg against the eggs of others, and the person who ends up with the last unbroken egg is believed to have a year of May only be observed by the local Orthodox community.
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