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On 29 June, Vatican City celebrates the Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul as a public holiday. Both the Apostle Peter and the Apostle Paul were martyred in Rome, and today, they are “joint patron ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

Orthodox Pentecost is a national holiday in Cyprus and is also observed by the more than 250 million Orthodox believers around the world. Aside from Easter, Pentecost is the highest feast on the ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Montenegro voted for independence from Serbia in an EU-organised referendum on 21 May 2006. On 3 June, the parliament of Montenegro ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. The Arabic term “Eid al-Fitr” means, literally, “feast of breaking the fast”. It is the first day following the disciplined time of fasting ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Whit Monday was a follow up to Whit Sunday, or Pentecost Sunday, and was a religious holiday celebrating the coming of the Holy Spirit and ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Some bank holidays were named to take the place of traditional religious holidays, but not so with Late Summer Bank Holiday. It was ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Until the end of the 17th Century, Serbia was ruled by the Ottoman Empire of Turkey. At the end of that century, the northern part of the ...

Every 1 March is Independence Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The day looks back to the date in 1992 when Bosnia declared its independence from Yugoslavia, when that former nation broke apart. Year ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. It is a public holiday with offices, schools and businesses closed. The holiday is in celebration of the Albanian Declaration of ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Easter, which is sometimes called Resurrection Day, celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion. It is one of the ...