Labor Day/May Day
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Monday may 1, 2023
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 .
Spring holiday (end)
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Tuesday may 2, 2023
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Peace Day
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Tuesday may 9, 2023
Secular holiday : Marks the capitulation of Nazi forces to the Allies (the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and other principal Allied nations) in Berlin on May 8, 1945. It is celebrated in the successor states to the Soviet Union on May 9, because when the German Instrument of Surrender was signed (in the midnight), it was already May 9 in the USSR and Eastern Europe
First Republic Day
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Sunday may 28, 2023
Secular holiday : In tribute to the 1918 Declaration of First Armenian Republic Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Local elections
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Sunday june 11, 2023
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Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday june 16, 2023
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Constitution's Day
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Wednesday july 5, 2023
Secular holiday : Adopted by referendum on July 5, 1995.
Golden Apricot film festival
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Sunday july 9, 2023
Culture : Https://www.gaiff.am/ lasts 10 days - in Erevan 2023 edition confirmed
Transfiguration Day
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Wednesday july 19, 2023
Culture : This celebration Vardavar is linked to pagan Goddess Astghik. According to the legend she spread love on earth, walking over roses that turn red from her blood. As goddess of fertility she is associated with water.
Traditional water splashing. www.yerevan.am
Dormition of the Virgin
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Tuesday august 15, 2023
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Summer holiday (end)
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Friday september 1, 2023
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Regional holiday
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Saturday september 2, 2023
Secular holiday : Nagorno-Karabakh independence day
All Souls' Day
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Wednesday september 13, 2023
cards/flowers : Commemoration of the Faithful Departed Day (Merelots)
Armenia Expo
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Friday september 15, 2023
Tradeshows : Http://expo.am/ lasts 3 days - in Yerevan 2023 edition confirmed
Exhaltation of the Cross
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Monday september 18, 2023
cards/flowers : The last of the five major feasts of the Armenian Apostolic Church. It is the most important feast among the feasts dedicated to the Holy Cross, as it is dedicated to the history of the return of the Holy Cross from imprisonment, its elevation and glorification.
Independence Day
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Thursday september 21, 2023
Secular holiday : On 21 September, 1991 a referendum called for secession from the Soviet Union. Independence was restored to the Republic of Armenia after 70 years of sovietization.
Day of National Minorities
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Sunday october 1, 2023
Secular holiday : To draw more attention to national minorities, their needs and problems, and help find solution for them
High Fest
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Sunday october 1, 2023
Culture : Http://www.highfest.am lasts 10 days - in Erevan 2023 edition confirmed
Holy Translator's Day
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Saturday october 14, 2023
Culture : Religious holiday celebrating Mesrop Mashtots, who did the first translations after the Armenian alphabet was created.
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday october 27, 2023
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Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday october 29, 2023
Special Events : At 1:00 a.m. local times
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday november 6, 2023
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