Spain (Madrid) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Friday June 24, 2022 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday July 25, 2022 | St James the Apostol | Catholic | |
Monday August 15, 2022 | Assumption | Catholic | |
Thursday September 1, 2022 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Wednesday October 12, 2022 | National Day | National Day | |
Friday October 28, 2022 | All Saints - (beginning) | School holidays | |
Tuesday November 1, 2022 | All Saints' Day | Catholic | |
Wednesday November 2, 2022 | All Saints - (end) | School holidays | |
Wednesday November 9, 2022 | Feast of the Almudena Virgin | Catholic | |
Tuesday December 6, 2022 | Constitution Day | Secular holiday | |
Thursday December 8, 2022 | Immaculate Conception | Catholic | |
Thursday December 22, 2022 | Christmas holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Sunday December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday December 26, 2022 | Christmas Day (forwarded to Monday) | Secular holiday | |
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday June 24, 2022
School holidays :
St James the Apostol
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Monday July 25, 2022
Catholic : One of three witnesses of the Transfiguration of Christ in Mt. Tabor, but also a witness to Jesus' agony.
Assumption
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Monday August 15, 2022
Catholic :
Summer holiday (end)
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Thursday September 1, 2022
School holidays :
National Day
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Wednesday October 12, 2022
Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
All Saints - (beginning)
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Friday October 28, 2022
School holidays :
All Saints' Day
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Tuesday November 1, 2022
Catholic : The day now honors all saints of the church, even those not known by name. The first All Saints' Day occurred on May 13, 609 (C.E.) when Pope Boniface IV accepted the Pantheon as a gift from the Emperor Phocas. Boniface dedicated it as the Church of Santa Maria Rotonda in honor of the Blessed Virgin and all martyrs. During Pope Gregory III's reign (731-741), the festival was expanded to include all saints and a chapel in St. Peter's church was dedicated accordingly. Pope Gregory IV officially designated the day in 837. (World Book Encyclopedia)
All Saints - (end)
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Wednesday November 2, 2022
School holidays :
Feast of the Almudena Virgin
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Wednesday November 9, 2022
Catholic :
Constitution Day
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Tuesday December 6, 2022
Secular holiday : Commemorates the 1978 referendum when the Spanish people voted to approve the constitution.
Immaculate Conception
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Thursday December 8, 2022
Catholic : Dogma that Mary was from the first moment of conception, totally free from the stain of original sin.
Christmas holiday (beginning)
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Thursday December 22, 2022
School holidays :
Christmas Day
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Sunday December 25, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Years Day on Christmas Day.
Christmas Day (forwarded to Monday)
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Monday December 26, 2022
Secular holiday :