Day of Mourning
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Wednesday March 1, 2023
Special Events : Following the train disaster at Tempe in central Greece
Teachers' Day
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Tuesday March 7, 2023
Culture :
Mothers' Day
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Wednesday March 8, 2023
cards/flowers :
Summer Day
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Tuesday March 14, 2023
Secular holiday : Dita e Veres: the country's largest pagan festival. It is intended to celebrate the end of Winter, the rebirth of nature, and a rejuvenation of spirit among the Albanians. Although the epicenter of this festival is around Shkumbin region in Elbasan, the festival is widely celebrated in Tirana and as far afield as the Arbëresh colonies in Italy. [Wikipedia]
Noruz
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Wednesday March 22, 2023
Zoroastrian : no means new and rouz means day in Persian. Celebrates new year in Iran and various Central Asian countries (as well as among the Kurds). Considered as the beginning of the Baha'í year
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday March 26, 2023
Special Events : At 1:00 am local times
Spring holiday (beginning)
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Friday March 31, 2023
School holidays :
Easter
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Sunday April 9, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Paid holiday
Spring holiday (end)
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Monday April 10, 2023
School holidays :
Easter Monday
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Monday April 10, 2023
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.
Orthodox Easter
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Sunday April 16, 2023
Orthodox : Paid holiday
Orthodox Easter Monday
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Monday April 17, 2023
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 breads are a worldwide Orthodox tradition as well.This bread is taken to church on Saturday evening when a special sequence of services takes place:Midnight Office,Rush Procession,Matins & Divine Liturgy.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 takes place before the Easter lunch.Each person who ends up with the last unbroken egg is believed to have a year of good luck.The traditional Orthodox Paschal greeting is: Christ is Risen! .The answer is: Indeed He is Risen . May only be observed by the local Orthodox community.
Ramadan holiday (beginning)
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Tuesday April 18, 2023
School holidays :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Friday April 21, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Ramadan holiday (end)
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Monday April 24, 2023
School holidays :
Labor Day/May Day
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Monday May 1, 2023
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 .
Local elections
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Sunday May 14, 2023
Special Events :
National Day of the Vlachs
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Tuesday May 23, 2023
Culture :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday June 14, 2023
School holidays :
Fathers' Day
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Sunday June 18, 2023
cards/flowers :
Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Mother Teresa's Day
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Tuesday September 5, 2023
Secular holiday : Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia, on August 27, 1910.
She died in Calcutta, India, on September 5, 1997.
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday September 18, 2023
School holidays :