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Each religious community has its own set of holidays, on top of national holidaysWeekend: Saturday & SundayIF YOU NEED TRANSLATION INTO THIS COUNTRY's LANGUAGE(S): Albanese (4 million speakers), vernaculars, Macedonian, Serbian (14 million speakers) ...
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Monday april 1, 2024
Catholic : Easter Monday only observed by the Catholic community
Optional holiday
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Monday april 8, 2024
Secular holiday : Commemorates the First Rom World Congress in London in 1971. Marks the beginning of the first International Roma organization and the introduction of the name Rom (instead of Gypsy), and of the Romani anthem and flag, observed by the Roma community only
International Day of the Roma
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Monday april 8, 2024
Culture : Celebrated by the Roma community only
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday april 10, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Ends the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. There were 30 days of strict fasting from sunup to sundown in honor of the first revelation to the Prophet Mohammed.
Presidential election
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Wednesday april 24, 2024
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Wednesday april 24, 2024
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Palm Sunday
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Sunday april 28, 2024
Culture :
Passover
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Monday april 29, 2024
cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus
Labor Day/May Day
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
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 .
Optional holiday
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Friday may 3, 2024
Orthodox : Orthodox Good Friday only observed by the Orthodox community
Orthodox Easter
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Sunday may 5, 2024
Culture : not a paid holiday
Orthodox Easter Monday
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Monday may 6, 2024
Orthodox : Vtor den Veligden
Presidential election
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Wednesday may 8, 2024
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Public holiday
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Wednesday may 8, 2024
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Thursday may 23, 2024
Secular holiday : National Day of the Vlachs
St Cyrilus and St Methodius
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Friday may 24, 2024
Orthodox : Commemorates the creation of the Slavic Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabets by the brothers Saints Cyril and Methodius. The celebration also commemorates the introduction of literacy and the preaching of the gospels in the Slavonic language by the brothers.
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Saturday june 15, 2024
School holidays :
Optional holiday
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Monday june 17, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Eid Al-Adha also written Id al'Adha (or Eid Al-Adha) is the Feast of the Sacrifice , the second main celebration of Islam.
It takes place on the tenth day of the twelfth -- last month of the Islamic calendar and celebrates Abraham's (also written Ibrahim) willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia. The Prophet Muhammad called Eid Al-Adha the best day of the year, since it is the last and biggest day of the annual pilgrimage. observed by the Muslim community
Optional holiday
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Friday june 21, 2024
Banks only : All Souls' Day only observed by the Orthodox community
El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday july 8, 2024
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Ilinden
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Friday august 2, 2024
Secular holiday : Commemorates the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising (Ilinden Uprising) of August 1903 which was an organized revolt against the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia
Optional holiday
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Wednesday august 28, 2024
Orthodox : Golema Bogorodica (Dormition of the Holy Mother of God) only observed by the Orthodox community
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday september 2, 2024
School holidays :
Independence Day
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Sunday september 8, 2024
Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Independence Day
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Monday september 9, 2024
Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
International Day of the Bosnian
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Saturday september 28, 2024
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Rosh Hashanah
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Thursday october 3, 2024
cards/flowers : Jewish New Year
People's Uprise
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Friday october 11, 2024
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Optional holiday
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Sunday october 13, 2024
Jewish : Yom Kippur
Revolution Day
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Wednesday october 23, 2024
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Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday october 27, 2024
Special Events : At 1:00 a.m. local times