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Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Thursday April 6, 2023 | Easter holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Friday April 7, 2023 | Good Friday | Catholic or protestant | |
Sunday April 9, 2023 | Easter | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday April 10, 2023 | Easter Monday | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday April 17, 2023 | Easter holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Monday May 15, 2023 | Mother's Day | Secular holiday | |
Friday June 2, 2023 | End of school year | School holidays | |
Monday August 14, 2023 | Fathers' Day | Secular holiday | |
Sunday September 3, 2023 | Tokehega Day | Secular holiday | |
Monday September 4, 2023 | Beginning of school year | School holidays | |
Easter holiday (beginning)
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Thursday April 6, 2023
School holidays :
Good Friday
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Friday April 7, 2023
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.
Easter
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Sunday April 9, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Not a 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.
Easter holiday (end)
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Monday April 17, 2023
School holidays :
Mother's Day
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Monday May 15, 2023
Secular holiday :
End of school year
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Friday June 2, 2023
School holidays :
Fathers' Day
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Monday August 14, 2023
Secular holiday :
Tokehega Day
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Sunday September 3, 2023
Secular holiday : Treaty of Tokehega delineates the maritime
boundary between Tokelau and America
Samoa. The Swains Island, was considered
part of Tokelau but was annexed to the United
States of America as part of American Samoa.
Beginning of school year
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Monday September 4, 2023
School holidays :