Spring holiday (beginning)
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Friday April 7, 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.
Shab-e-Qadr (Quran revelation)
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Wednesday April 19, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Korité
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Friday April 21, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Spring holiday (end)
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Monday April 24, 2023
School holidays :
Labour 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 .
Ascension holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday May 17, 2023
School holidays :
Ascension
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Thursday May 18, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.
Ascension holiday (end)
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Monday May 22, 2023
School holidays :
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
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Friday May 26, 2023
School holidays :
Whit Monday
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Monday May 29, 2023
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 May 30, 2023
School holidays :
Fathers' Day
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Sunday June 18, 2023
cards/flowers :
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Monday July 31, 2023
School holidays :
Republic Day
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Monday August 7, 2023
Secular holiday :
Assumption
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Tuesday August 15, 2023
Catholic : The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is the dogma so far defined by the Church. The definition was made by Pope Pius XII on 1st November 1950. The Pope proclaimed: We pronounce, declare and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday September 11, 2023
School holidays : One week earlier in French schools
Tour de Côte d'Ivoire
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Saturday September 23, 2023
Sports events : Https://www.velowire.com bicycle race 2023 edition NOT confirmed
Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday September 28, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Birthday of the Prophet, Mohammed. For nine days there are Parties with fairs, feasting, and parades. Stories are told about how the mountains danced when Mohammed was born, and sang, There is no god but Allah. The trees answered, And Mohammed is his Prophet.