| Commonwealth Day - Monday March 8, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Spring holiday (beginning) - Friday March 26, 2021 School holidays : www.provoprimary.com
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| 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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| Easter - Sunday April 4, 2021 Catholic or protestant : Not a 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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| Spring holiday (end) - Tuesday April 13, 2021 School holidays : www.provoprimary.com
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| Mid-term holiday (beginning) - Thursday May 20, 2021 School holidays :
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| Mid-term holiday (end) - Tuesday May 25, 2021 School holidays :
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| National Heroes Day - Monday May 31, 2021 Secular holiday : National Heroes Day commemorates soldiers of Turks and Caicos.
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