Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. The first National Day was celebrated on 16 May 1734, a date chosen by Honore III. In 1854, Prince Charles III changed the date to 4 ...

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. After years of repression of all religions in Albania, during its dark decades of Communist rule, both Christianity and Islam have ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Another reason that Christmas is a little more “low profile” in Albania is the lingering effects of decades of Communist rule. The Marxist ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. This holiday is separate from National Day, which is marked on 1 April. Both holidays relate to the same process of independence for Cyprus ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. On Palm Sunday, when Holy Week arrives, Slovenians will gather green branches, flowers, and other springtime plant life to make natural ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus had been under British administration since 1878 after the island was handed over in an agreement with the Ottoman Empire for ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. This holiday is meant to commemorate Slovenia’s independence from Yugoslavia which was declared in 1991. Technically, the formal ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Pentecost is the final celebration of the seven-week Easter period. According to Christian belief, Pentecost commemorates the day that the ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. The date of the religious feast was originally the third Sunday of September, but this was adjusted to a fixed date on 15 September in 1913 ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Commerce Day is basically a day-off for the Iceland Stock Exchange, and it is a day to celebrate and showcase your trade and its products ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Most people in Moldova speak Romanian, which is why the holiday was originally called “Romanian Language Day”. But Moldovan being a special ...