Labour Day
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Monday may 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Jum ill-Haddiem
Mothers' Day
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Sunday may 14, 2023
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howes Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mothers Day in 1914
Commemoration of the June 7th 1919 uprising
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Wednesday june 7, 2023
Secular holiday : Commemorates events which occured in 1919, when after British authorities raised the price of bread, riots ensued. During the riots, British troops fired into the crowds, killing four: Ġużeppi Bajjada, Manwel Attard, Wenzu Dyer and Karmenu Abela. They are today remembered by a monument to their honour in the square outside the Presidential Palace in Valletta. Also on the same day, the National Assembly was formed, and self-government was demanded Wikipedia
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 18, 2023
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International Fair of Malta
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Friday june 23, 2023
Tradeshows : Www.mfcc.com.mt/venue lasts 2 weeks - in La Valette 2023 edition confirmed
St Peter & St Paul
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Thursday june 29, 2023
Catholic : Or Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul is a liturgical feast in honour of the martyrdom in Rome of the apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul. The celebration is of ancient origin, the date selected being the anniversary either of their death or of the translation of their relics.
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Thursday july 6, 2023
School holidays :
Assumption
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Tuesday august 15, 2023
Catholic : Dogma defined by the Catholic Church on November 1, 1950, when Pope Pius XII declared that at the end of her life, Mary's body and soul were assumed into Heaven.
Nativity of Our Lady - Victory in the Second World War
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Friday september 8, 2023
Secular holiday : September 8 recalls some of the most important historic events from the history of the Maltese Islands. The main celebration, apart from the religious feast celebrated in Mellieha, Naxxar, Senglea, and in Xaghra, Gozo, is the commemoration of the victory of the Knights of St John and the Maltese in the Great Siege over the Ottoman Turks in 1565 . In fact, a commemorative ceremony is still held annually in Valletta, by the Great Siege Monument in front of the Courts.
Independence Day
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Thursday september 21, 2023
Secular holiday : Granted by the UK in 1964
Summer holiday (end)
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Wednesday september 27, 2023
School holidays :
Malta Air Show
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Saturday september 30, 2023
Tradeshows : Www.maltairshow.com Lasts two days 2023 edition confirmed
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday october 29, 2023
Special Events : At 1:00 a.m. local times