Armenia : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
Labor Day/May Day
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Sunday May 1, 2022
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 .
Peace Day
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Monday May 9, 2022
Secular holiday : Marks the capitulation of Nazi forces to the Allies (the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and other principal Allied nations) in Berlin on May 8, 1945. It is celebrated in the successor states to the Soviet Union on May 9, because when the German Instrument of Surrender was signed (in the midnight), it was already May 9 in the USSR and Eastern Europe
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday May 27, 2022
School holidays :
First Republic Day
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Saturday May 28, 2022
Secular holiday : In tribute to the 1918 Declaration of First Armenian Republic Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Constitution's Day
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Tuesday July 5, 2022
Secular holiday : Adopted by referendum on July 5, 1995.
Golden Apricot film festival
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Sunday July 10, 2022
Culture : Https://www.gaiff.am/ lasts 10 days - in Erevan 2022 edition confirmed
Transfiguration Day
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Tuesday July 19, 2022
Culture : This celebration Vardavar is linked to pagan Goddess Astghik. According to the legend she spread love on earth, walking over roses that turn red from her blood. As goddess of fertility she is associated with water.
Traditional water splashing. www.yerevan.am
Dormition of the Virgin
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Monday August 15, 2022
Culture :
Summer holiday (end)
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Thursday September 1, 2022
School holidays :
Regional holiday
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Friday September 2, 2022
Secular holiday : Nagorno-Karabakh independence day
Exhaltation of the Cross
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Monday September 12, 2022
Orthodox : The last of the five major feasts of the Armenian Apostolic Church. It is the most important feast among the feasts dedicated to the Holy Cross, as it is dedicated to the history of the return of the Holy Cross from imprisonment, its elevation and glorification.
All Souls' Day
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Tuesday September 13, 2022
cards/flowers : Commemoration of the Faithful Departed Day (Merelots)
Armenia Expo
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Friday September 16, 2022
Tradeshows : Http://expo.am/ lasts 3 days - in Yerevan 2022 edition confirmed
Independence Day
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Wednesday September 21, 2022
Secular holiday : On 21 September, 1991 a referendum called for secession from the Soviet Union. Independence was restored to the Republic of Armenia after 70 years of sovietization.
High Fest
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Saturday October 1, 2022
Culture : Http://www.highfest.am lasts 10 days - in Erevan 2022 edition confirmed
Day of National Minorities
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Sunday October 2, 2022
Secular holiday : To draw more attention to national minorities, their needs and problems, and help find solution for them
Parliament recess (end)
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Tuesday October 4, 2022
Special Events :
Holy Translator's Day
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Saturday October 8, 2022
Culture : Religious holiday celebrating Mesrop Mashtots, who did the first translations after the Armenian alphabet was created.
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday October 28, 2022
School holidays :
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday October 30, 2022
Special Events : At 1:00 a.m. local times
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday November 7, 2022
School holidays :