Epiphany
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Friday January 6, 2023
Catholic or protestant : The term comes from ancient Greek and means appearance . Celebrated on the 6th January, this feast corresponds to the presentation of Child Jesus to the Magi. This is the day of Jesus' first miracle, the Wedding in Cana , and the day of his own baptism Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Epiphany
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Monday January 9, 2023
Catholic or protestant : The term comes from ancient Greek and means appearance . Celebrated on the 6th January, this feast corresponds to the presentation of Child Jesus to the Magi. This is the day of Jesus' first miracle, the Wedding in Cana , and the day of his own baptism Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Regional holiday
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Saturday January 21, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Saint Meinrad in Einsiedeln only
Regional holiday
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Sunday February 5, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Saint Agatha of Sicily
Optional holiday
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Tuesday February 21, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Carnival
Optional holiday
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Wednesday February 22, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Until 14:00
Ash Wednesday
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Wednesday February 22, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Christian observance to begin the 40 day season of Lent. Ashes are marked on worshippers as a sign of penitence.
Regional holiday
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Monday February 27, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Please check with www.fasnachts-comite.ch (in German) for a list of numerous festivities. It all begins with what is known as the Morgestraich. At exactly 4 a.m., all the lights in the city center go off. Out of the pitch darkness, the sound of drums and piccolos waft through the cold night air. Closer and closer it comes, and a faint light glows in the distance.
Suddenly, there they are, coming from all directions, the musicians and marchers of the citys Fasnacht cliques. Each wears a masks. Some have small lamps on their heads. They carry painted lanterns that mock things that happend during the past year.
National Protestant & Evangelical Churches day
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Sunday March 5, 2023
Catholic or protestant :
Customary holiday
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Wednesday March 15, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Mid-Lent
St Joseph's Day
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Sunday March 19, 2023
Catholic or protestant :
St Joseph's Day
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Sunday March 19, 2023
Catholic or protestant :
Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day
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Thursday March 30, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Spiritual/Shouter Baptist Liberation Day is an annual public holiday celebrated in Trinidad and Tobago on 30 March. The holiday commemorates the repeal on 30 March 1951 of the 1917 Shouter Prohibition Ordinance that prohibited the activities of the Shouter or Spiritual Baptist faith.
Trinidad and Tobago is the only country in the world that celebrates a public holiday for the Spiritual Baptist faith. [Wikipedia]
Maundy Thursday
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Thursday April 6, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Maundy Thursday: Commemorates the Last Supper when Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist (Lord's Supper).
Regional holiday
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Friday April 7, 2023
Catholic or protestant : in Jammu province only
Optional holiday
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Friday April 7, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Good Friday
Good Friday
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Friday April 7, 2023
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.
Holy Saturday
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Saturday April 8, 2023
Catholic or protestant : paid holiday
Easter
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Sunday April 9, 2023
Catholic or protestant : paid holiday
Customary holiday
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Monday April 10, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Easter Monday
Regional holiday
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Monday April 10, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Easter Monday In Edinburg only
Optional holiday
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Monday April 10, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Easter
Easter Monday
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Monday April 10, 2023
Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.
Civil Servants holiday
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Monday April 24, 2023
Catholic or protestant : St George's Day
Saint Florian
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Thursday May 4, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Christian saint, and the patron saint of Linz
St George
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Saturday May 6, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Not observed by Muslim communities
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.
Saint-Marie de la Mer Pilgrimage in France
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Wednesday May 24, 2023
Catholic or protestant : in southern France, near Montpellier
Whit Saturday
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Saturday May 27, 2023
Catholic or protestant :
Pentecost
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Sunday May 28, 2023
Catholic or protestant : paid holiday
Whitsunday
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Sunday May 28, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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.
Optional holiday
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Thursday June 8, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Corpus Christi
Regional holiday
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Thursday June 8, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Corpus Christi
St John the Baptist (Florence, Turin, and Genoa only)
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Saturday June 24, 2023
Catholic or protestant : When Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would conceive Christ, St John the Baptist also announced that Elizabeth was already six months pregnant with John, which explains that his birthday comes three months after Annunciation Day
St Peter's Day
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Thursday June 29, 2023
Catholic or protestant :