Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. You can expect delicious dinners, family gatherings, parades, religious services and events, greeting cards, painted eggs, bunnies, ...

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, ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. As about 62 percent of the population is Roman Catholic, Holy Week masses are often attended on Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, ...

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The First Day of Summer celebration in Iceland always falls on a Thursday, anywhere from 19 to 25 April. It has been an Icelandic tradition for many centuries, and it is deeply ingrained into the ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Easter week begins on Palm Sunday, which is when the Pope holds a special mass in Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City. Even though this is ...

National Day in Monaco is also known as Sovereign Prince Day. Currently, the holiday is celebrated on 19 November, but the date is chosen by the reigning prince. In 2026, National Day falls on ...

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 ...

Gibraltar’s National Day, often called Gibraltar Day, takes place each year on 10 September. It looks back to the referendum in 1967 in which the people of Gibraltar chose to remain a UK territory ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Prešeren Day was first made a Slovenian holiday in 1944, but it didn’t become an off-work day until 1991. Some also keep the birthday of ...

Epiphany is celebrated on 6 January in Andorra to commemorate the journey of the magi, or wise men, who followed a shining star to visit the infant Jesus as recorded in the Bible. This holiday falls ...

Lady of Sorrows’ Day, or “Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Day”, is a public holiday in Slovakia that falls on every 15 September. This is a Roman Catholic holiday that has been celebrated since the 17th ...