Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. The Arabic term “Eid al-Fitr” means, literally, “feast of breaking the fast”. It is the first day following the disciplined time of fasting ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. On the First Day of Summer, there are numerous parades held all over Iceland, often with scouts bearing the Iceland flag down the ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. The holiday is now blended in with the Feast of the Annunciation, and although no one really knows if 25 March was the exact date in 1821 ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Montenegro voted for independence from Serbia in an EU-organised referendum on 21 May 2006. On 3 June, the parliament of Montenegro ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Victory Day is celebrated in Russia and in a number of other former Soviet Republics, but each country keeps the holiday in its own unique ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. The date of Independence Day looks back to the liberation of Minsk from the Nazis back in 1944. That, of course, brought Belarus back under ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Pentecost is the final celebration of the seven-week Easter period. According to Christian belief, Pentecost commemorates the day that the ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Prayer Day comes on the fourth Friday following Easter Sunday and lands sometime in late April to mid-May. It was introduced to consolidate ...

Please visit gov.je for the original release of the 2023-2024 approved calendar and 2024-2025 approved calendar.

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Saint Joseph’s Day gradually began to be celebrated in Ancient and Medieval times, and was well established by the 900’s. But it was only ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. It is a public holiday with offices, schools and businesses closed. The holiday is in celebration of the Albanian Declaration of ...