Easter holiday (beginning)
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Friday March 24, 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 :
Anzac Day
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Tuesday April 25, 2023
Secular holiday : ANZAC(Australia and New Zealand Army Corps)Day commemorates those soldiers who died during world wars (from the Boer war to the Vietnam war), and particuarly remembers those who died during the Gallipoli campaign during WW1(Turkey).
H.H. the Royal Prince's Birthday
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Monday May 8, 2023
Culture : Colonel H.R.H. Crown Prince Sia'osi Taufa'ahau Manumata'ogo Tuku'aho Tupou (born in 1948) is the current Crown Prince of Tonga. He was appointed on May 4, 1966.
Fathers' Day
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Sunday May 21, 2023
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Emancipation Day
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Sunday June 4, 2023
Secular holiday : In 1862 King George Tupou I of Tonga issued the Emancipation Edict, which emancipated the country's serfs. [Wikipedia]
Emancipation Day
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Monday June 5, 2023
Secular holiday : In 1862 King George Tupou I of Tonga issued the Emancipation Edict, which emancipated the country's serfs. [Wikipedia]
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday June 23, 2023
School holidays :
H.M. the King Taufa'ahau Tupu IV Birthday and Crowning
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Tuesday July 4, 2023
Secular holiday : Taufa'ahau Tupou IV (born in 1918) has been the King of Tonga since the death of his mother Salote Tupou III in 1965. Wikipedia
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday July 10, 2023
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday September 15, 2023
School holidays :
Prince's Birthday
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Sunday September 17, 2023
Secular holiday : His Royal Highness Crown Prince Tupouto'a-'Ulukalala Not a paid holiday when falling on Friday or Saturday
Prince's Birthday
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Monday September 18, 2023
Secular holiday : His Royal Highness Crown Prince Tupouto'a-'Ulukalala Not a paid holiday when falling on Friday or Saturday
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday September 25, 2023
School holidays :