Holidays in Lithuania
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List of official holidays in Lithuania:
- January 1
- New Year's day
- February 16
- Day of Re-establishment of the State of Lithuania (1918)
- March 11
- Day of Restitution of Independence of Lithuania (from the Soviet Union, 1990)
- First Sunday and Monday of spring with full moon
- Easter (commemorates death of Jesus)
- May 1
- International Labor Day
- first sunday in May
- Mothers' Day;
- June 23
- St. John's Day [Christian name], Day of Dew [original pagan name] - Celebrated according to mostly pagan traditions. (aka: Joninės, Rasos, Midsummer Day, Saint Jonas Day);
- July 6
- Statehood Day (commemorates corronation of first king, Mindaugas)
- August 15
- Assumption Day (Žolinės);
- November 1
- All Saints' Day
- December 25-26
- Christmas (commemorates birth of Jesus)
Other observances:
- March 4: Saint Casimir's Day, on the anniversary of the death of Saint Casimir, the patron saint of Lithuania
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References
- Gidenta, http://www.gidenta.lt/en/laisvalaikis.xhtml Retrieved November 2, 2005