| Good Friday - Friday April 2, 2021 Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
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| Mid-term holiday (beginning) - Friday April 2, 2021 School holidays :
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| Holy Saturday - Saturday April 3, 2021 Catholic : Paid holiday
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 5, 2021 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.
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| Mid-term holiday (end) - Monday April 12, 2021 School holidays :
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| Ascension holiday (beginning) - Wednesday May 12, 2021 School holidays :
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| Ascension holiday (end) - Monday May 17, 2021 School holidays :
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| Pentecost holiday (beginning) - Friday May 21, 2021 School holidays :
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| Whit Monday - Monday May 24, 2021 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.
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| Pentecost holiday (end) - Tuesday May 25, 2021 School holidays :
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| Province Day (Isable only) - Wednesday June 2, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Province Day (Temotu only) - Tuesday June 8, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Queen's Birthday - Friday June 11, 2021 Secular holiday : The Queen's Birthday holiday is a moveable feast. It celebrates the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II who is not only Queen of Great Britain and Ireland but also Queen of Australia and New Zealand and the commonwealth countries. The holiday is celebrated on a Monday, but on different dates in different parts of Australia and New Zealand. In fact, the Queen's birthday not on any of the dates celebrated but in April.
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| Mid-term holiday (beginning) - Friday June 18, 2021 School holidays :
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| Province Day (Rennell only) - Monday June 21, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Province Day (Central Solomon Island only) - Tuesday June 29, 2021 Secular holiday :
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