Weekend: Saturday & Sunday Ascension
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Thursday may 18, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.
St. Helena Day
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Sunday may 21, 2023
Secular holiday :
St. Helena Day
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Monday may 22, 2023
Secular holiday :
Ratting Day
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Friday may 26, 2023
Secular holiday : Shortly after teams of men set off early with their dogs to the Patches to hunt rats. Once caught there tails are cut off to determine the award winner.
Unbeaten record thus far: Longest tail with 274mm (in 2009)
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
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Friday may 26, 2023
School holidays :
Whit Monday
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Monday may 29, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry.
Pentecost holiday (end)
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Tuesday may 30, 2023
School holidays :
Anniversary Day
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Monday august 14, 2023
Secular holiday : Commemorates the day on 14th August 1816 when Great Britain took possession of Tristan da Cunha.
Late winter bank holiday
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Monday august 28, 2023
Secular holiday :