| Easter - Sunday April 4, 2021 Catholic or protestant : 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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| Parliamentary election - Sunday April 25, 2021 Special Events :
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| Labor Day/May Day - Saturday May 1, 2021 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 .
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| Orthodox Easter - Sunday May 2, 2021 Orthodox : Paid holiday
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| Orthodox Easter Monday - Monday May 3, 2021 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.
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| Labour Day (forwarded to Monday) - Monday May 3, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Ramadan holiday (beginning) - Wednesday May 12, 2021 School holidays :
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| End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Thursday May 13, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Ramadan holiday (end) - Friday May 14, 2021 School holidays :
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| National Day of the Vlachs - Sunday May 23, 2021 Culture :
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| Summer holiday (beginning) - Friday June 4, 2021 School holidays :
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| Summer holiday (beginning) - Wednesday June 9, 2021 School holidays :
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| Fathers' Day - Sunday June 20, 2021 cards/flowers :
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day) - Tuesday July 20, 2021 Muslim, Sufi :
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