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)