Saint Casimir's day
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Saturday March 4, 2023
cards/flowers : Patron saint of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Russia
Warsaw Marathon
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Sunday March 26, 2023
Sports events : Www.warsawmarathon.com/ 2023 edition confirmed
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday March 26, 2023
Special Events : At 1:00 am local times
April Fools Day
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Saturday April 1, 2023
cards/flowers : As the story goes, in 1564, France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day, instead of the last week of March which was previously observed. In 1582, the Pope followed suit. Those who went on celebrating April 1st were mocked. As the zodiacal sign was the fish, The French placed dead fish on the backs of one another. Traditions vary from country to country.
Easter holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday April 5, 2023
School holidays :
Easter
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Sunday April 9, 2023
Catholic : paid holiday
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.
Passover
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Wednesday April 12, 2023
cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus
Easter holiday (end)
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Wednesday April 12, 2023
School holidays :
Cracovia Marathon
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Sunday April 23, 2023
Sports events : Www.cracoviamaraton.pl/ 2023 edition confirmed
Labor Day/May 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 .
Constitution Day (Swieto Trzeciego Maja)
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Wednesday May 3, 2023
Secular holiday : May 3rd holiday . refers to the constitution of 1791
Ascension holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday May 17, 2023
School holidays :
Rally Poland
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Saturday May 20, 2023
Sports events : Www.rajdpolski.pl/ 2023 edition confirmed
Ascension holiday (end)
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Monday May 22, 2023
School holidays :
National Day of the Vlachs
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Tuesday May 23, 2023
Culture :
Mothers Day
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Friday May 26, 2023
cards/flowers :
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
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Friday May 26, 2023
School holidays :
Pentecost
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Sunday May 28, 2023
Catholic or protestant : paid holiday
Pentecost holiday (end)
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Tuesday May 30, 2023
School holidays :
Corpus Cristi
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Thursday June 8, 2023
Catholic : Commemorates the Last supper. Pope Urban IV ordered the observance of such a feast in 1264, and in the following century it became universal in the Western Church.
For six hundred years that feast was observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, but in 1970 the new Roman Missal, while retaining that day for some countries, provided that in others the feast be observed on the Sunday after Trinity.
National Day of the Silesian Uprisings
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Tuesday June 20, 2023
Culture : In the years 1919-1921, Upper Silesia, which belonged to Germany before World War I, was contested by Germany and Poland. Polish national moods in the region mounted considerably after Poland regained its independence in 1918, and were strongly fought down by its German administration and army.
The conflict led to three Silesian Uprisings between 1919 and 1921. After the Third Silesian Uprising, 29 percent of land and 46 percent of the population of the area was returned to Poland.
Fathers' Day
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Friday June 23, 2023
cards/flowers :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday June 23, 2023
School holidays :
Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy ERA NOWE HORYZONTY
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Thursday July 20, 2023
Culture : Www.nowehoryzonty.pl in Wroclaw 2023 edition confirmed
Wind and Water Boat Show
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Sunday July 23, 2023
Tradeshows : Www.windwater.pl lasts 4 days - in Warsaw 2023 edition confirmed
Tour de Pologne
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Saturday July 29, 2023
Sports events : Https://www.tourdepologne.pl/en/ cycling race 2023 edition confirmed
Assumption
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Tuesday August 15, 2023
Catholic : Dogma defined by the Catholic Church on November 1, 1950, when Pope Pius XII declared that at the end of her life, Mary's body and soul were assumed into Heaven.
Day of Solidarity
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Thursday August 31, 2023
Culture : In tribute to the Solidarnosc movement.
Holiday for civil servants. Some stores may be closed.
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday September 4, 2023
School holidays :
Rosh Hashanah
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Saturday September 16, 2023
cards/flowers : Jewish New Year