Public holidays in Lithuania
List of official holidays in Lithuania:
Date | English Name | Local Name | Remarks |
January 1 | New Year's Day | Naujieji metai | |
February 16 | the Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania (1918) | Lietuvos valstybės atkūrimo diena | |
March 11 | Day of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (from the Soviet Union, 1990) | Lietuvos nepriklausomybės atkūrimo diena | |
First Sunday and Monday of spring with full moon | Easter | Velykos | Commemorates resurrection of Jesus |
May 1 | International Labor Day | Tarptautinė darbo diena | |
First Sunday in May | Mother's Day | Motinos diena | |
First Sunday in June | Father's Day | Tėvo diena | |
June 24 | St. John's Day [Christian name], Day of Dew [original pagan name] | Joninės, Rasos | Celebrated according to mostly pagan traditions. (aka: Midsummer Day, Saint Jonas Day) |
July 6 | Statehood Day | Valstybės (Lietuvos karaliaus Mindaugo karūnavimo) diena | Commemorates coronation of the first king, Mindaugas |
August 15 | Assumption Day | Žolinė (Švč. Mergelės Marijos ėmimo į dangų diena) | |
November 1 | All Saints' Day | Visų šventųjų diena | |
December 24 | Christmas eve | Šv. Kūčios | |
December 25 and December 26 | Christmas | Šv. Kalėdos | Commemorates birth of Jesus |
Other observances:
- January 13 - Day of Freedom Defenders: a memory day for victims of January Events
- March 4: Saint Casimir's Day, on the anniversary of the death of Saint Casimir, the patron saint of Lithuania
- June 14: Mourning and Hope day, for remembrance of whose who were exiled to Siberia as part of Soviet repressions in Lithuania. June 14 remarks the anniversary of the first June deportation in 1941.
- August 23: Black Ribbon day - a memory day for the victims of totalitarian regimes.
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