Melilla Day
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Wednesday march 13, 2024
Secular holiday :
San José
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Tuesday march 19, 2024
cards/flowers : in Melilla only
Easter holiday (beginning)
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Friday march 22, 2024
School holidays : One week earlier in Ceuta
Maundy Thursday
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Thursday march 28, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Maundy Thursday: Commemorates the Last Supper when Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist (Lord's Supper).
Good Friday
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Friday march 29, 2024
Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
Easter holiday (end)
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Monday april 1, 2024
School holidays : One week earlier in Ceuta
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday april 10, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
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 .
St Anthony
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Thursday june 13, 2024
Catholic : in Ceuta only
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday june 17, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday june 21, 2024
School holidays :
Virgin of Africa (Céuta only)
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Monday august 12, 2024
Catholic :
Assumption
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Thursday august 15, 2024
Catholic :
Ceuta Day
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Monday september 2, 2024
Secular holiday : In late August 1415, King John I of Portugal led an assault that would come to be known as the Conquest of Ceuta. The Portuguese caught the city with no sweat. Possibly this is the reason no one idea about what flag to use after the city was taken. Fortunately, somebody had packed the flag of Lisbon, which they all chose would be an incredible design for Ceuta. The coat of arms of Portugal was added to the center and that flag is as yet used for Ceuta today.
Over the next hundreds of years, Spain and Portugal Ceuta quarreled like Iberian brothers with Ceuta passing between them. The city was at long last surrendered to King Carlos II of Spain on January 1st, 1668 by the Treaty of Lisbon.
Even though Ceuta was vanquished by Portugal on August 22nd, 1415, it is praised on September 2nd as Spain and Portugal received the Gregorian calendar in 1582, pushing dates ahead by ten days.
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday september 2, 2024
School holidays :
Our Lady of Victory (Melillia only)
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Monday september 9, 2024
Catholic :
Spanish Re-Foundation of Melilla (Melilla only)
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Tuesday september 17, 2024
Secular holiday :