Mother's Day
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Friday March 3, 2023
Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday March 8, 2023
School holidays :
Womens' Day
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Wednesday March 8, 2023
Secular holiday :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Tuesday March 14, 2023
School holidays :
Noruz
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Tuesday March 21, 2023
cards/flowers : From 2011 onwards
Restoration Day
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Sunday April 9, 2023
Secular holiday : Refers to the events in Tbilisi on April 9, 1989, when an anti-Soviet demonstration was dispersed by the Soviet army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries. The April 9 tragedy radicalised Georgian opposition to Soviet power. A few months later, a session of the Supreme Council of Georgian SSR, held on 17- 18 November, 1989, officially condemned the occupation and annexation of Democratic Republic of Georgia by Soviet Russia in 1921. On April 9, 1991, on the second anniversary of the tragedy, the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia proclaimed Georgian sovereignty and independence from the Soviet Union.
HOREX - Caucasus Tourism Fair
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Thursday April 13, 2023
Tradeshows : Http://expoge.all.biz lasts 3 days - in Tbilisi 2023 edition confirmed
Spring holiday (beginning)
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Friday April 14, 2023
School holidays :
Orthodox Good Friday
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Friday April 14, 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 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.
Banks close at 14:00
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Saturday April 15, 2023
Banks only :
Orthodox Holy Saturday
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Saturday April 15, 2023
cards/flowers : Great Saturday tsiteli paraskevi
Orthodox Easter
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Sunday April 16, 2023
Orthodox : Sunday of Bright Week didi shabati
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.
Tennis Open
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Monday April 24, 2023
Sports events : Http://www.itftennis.com/ lasts 1 week - in Tbilisi 2023 edition confirmed
Spring holiday (end)
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Monday April 24, 2023
School holidays :
Victory Day
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Tuesday May 9, 2023
Secular holiday : The fighting of WWII tn Europe ended on May 2nd, 1945. The surrender of German troops was signed on May 4th and 5th but officially the war ended at midnight on May 8th 1945. To remember this important event, the Russians created a national holiday called Victory Day which is celebrated on May 9th in Russia. Russia mainly fought a war to defend itself, which is called a "patriotic war". In Russia almost all the families have at least one person who took part in the war. The other old citizens who did not fight during the war had to work in factories to make guns and preparations, which wasn't easier than fighting. They too are honored on Victory Day.
The main reason for the celebration of Victory Day was to remember the people who died in the war. On that day, flowers are laid on their graves and veterans that are still alive go out on the streets wearing their medals and orders. There are few of them left now days and the number is getting smaller every year.
work on weekends and non-working holidays is not overtime work.
St Andrew's Day
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Friday May 12, 2023
Secular holiday : Saint Andrew , called in the Orthodox tradition Protocletos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle, brother of Saint Peter. According to Christian tradition, Andrew was born at Bethsaida on the Sea of Galilee. He is considered in Georgia to be founder of the Georgian Orthodox Church. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday Wikipedia
Independence Day
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Friday May 26, 2023
Secular holiday : On May 26, 1918 the National Council of Georgia declared independence and the creation of the Democratic Republic of Georgia. The statehood of Georgia was restored after 117 years of being a province of the Tsarist Russian Empire. the Soviet army, under Bolshevik ideology, liberated the Menshevik Georgia. Today, Georgia considers this declaration as Georgia's independency tradition. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
WinExpo Georgia
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Friday June 2, 2023
Tradeshows : Http://10times.com/winexpo-georgia lasts 3 days - in Tbilisi 2023 edition confirmed
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Monday June 26, 2023
School holidays :
Battle Day
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Saturday August 12, 2023
Culture : The Battle of Didgori was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Georgia and the declining Great Seljuq Empire at the place of Didgori, 40 km west of Tbilisi, (the modern-day capital of Georgia), on August 12, 1121. The battle resulted in King David IV of Georgias decisive victory over a Seljuk invasion army under Ilghazi and the subsequent reconquest of a Muslim-held Tbilisi, which became the royal capital. The victory at Didgori inaugurated the medieval Georgian Golden Age and is celebrated in the Georgian chronicles as a miraculous victory .] Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday [Wikipedia]
Virgin's Assumption (Mariamoba)
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Monday August 28, 2023
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Summer holiday (end)
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Monday September 18, 2023
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Internatioal Festival of Theater
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Saturday September 23, 2023
Culture : Lasts 3 weeks -
http://tbilisiinternational.com/ in Tbilisi 2023 edition confirmed