Ascension Island : 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
Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Sunday May 8, 2022 | Mother's Day | cards/flowers | |
Monday May 23, 2022 | St. Helena Day | Secular holiday | |
Friday June 3, 2022 | Pentecost holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday June 6, 2022 | Whit Monday | Catholic or protestant | |
Tuesday June 7, 2022 | Pentecost holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Monday August 29, 2022 | Late winter bank holiday | Secular holiday | |
Mother's Day
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Sunday May 8, 2022
cards/flowers : Probably linked with a celebration in England in the 1600s ( Mothering Sunday ). Honored all mothers in England. Mothering Sunday gave poor servants who lived and worked for the wealthy a day off to actually go home and dedicate time to their mothers. Mothering Cake , a special cake, was common for the celebration.
St. Helena Day
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Monday May 23, 2022
Secular holiday :
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
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Friday June 3, 2022
School holidays :
Whit Monday
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Monday June 6, 2022
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.
Pentecost holiday (end)
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Tuesday June 7, 2022
School holidays :
Late winter bank holiday
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Monday August 29, 2022
Secular holiday :