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 .
Mothers' Day
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Sunday may 7, 2023
cards/flowers :
Fathers' Day
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Sunday may 14, 2023
cards/flowers : Ziua Tatălui
Ascension
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Thursday may 18, 2023
cards/flowers :
Teachers strike
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Monday may 22, 2023
School holidays :
Children's Day
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Thursday june 1, 2023
Secular holiday : From 2017
Civil Servants holiday
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Friday june 2, 2023
Secular holiday :
Orthodox Pentecost
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Sunday june 4, 2023
Secular holiday : Paid holiday
Whit Monday
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Monday june 5, 2023
Orthodox : From 2009
Transilvania International Film Festival
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Friday june 16, 2023
Culture : Www.tiff.ro lasts 10 days - in Cluj 2023 edition confirmed
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday june 21, 2023
School holidays :
Flag Day
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Monday june 26, 2023
Culture : It was on this day in 1848 that Decree no. 1 of the Wallachian Provisional Government was issued, making the red-yellow-blue tricolour the national flag.
On Flag Day, public authorities and other state institutions are obliged by law to organize cultural/educational programs and events, with a patriotic or scientific character, devoted to Romanian history, as well as specific military ceremonies, organized within units of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of the Internal Affairs. [Wikipedia]
National Anthem Day
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Saturday july 29, 2023
Culture : Deșteaptă-te, române : variously translated as Awaken thee, Romanian! , Awaken, Romanian! , or Wake Up, Romanian! [Wikipedia]
Civil Servants holiday
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Monday august 14, 2023
Secular holiday :
Dormition of the Virgin
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Tuesday august 15, 2023
Orthodox : Adormirea Maicii Domnului
refers to the feast commemorating what is believed to be the miraculous transport of Mary, in bodily form, to Heaven after her death. Some accounts claim that she died in Jerusalem; others put her death at the Graeco-Roman city of Ephesus, now in Turkey, and the site of an alleged House of the Virgin Mary . since 2008
George Enescu International Festival
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Saturday september 2, 2023
Culture : Lasts 3 weeks - in Bucharest please check dates: http://www.festivalenescu.ro/
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday september 11, 2023
School holidays :
Rosh Hashanah
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Saturday september 16, 2023
cards/flowers : Jewish New Year
Yom Kippur
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Monday september 25, 2023
cards/flowers :
Mid-term holiday (beginning) - primary schools only
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Friday october 27, 2023
School holidays :
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday october 29, 2023
Special Events : At 1:00 a.m. local times
Mid-term holiday (end) - primary schools only
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Monday november 6, 2023
School holidays :
St Andrew's Day
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Thursday november 30, 2023
Secular holiday :