National Holidays in Belarus in 2019
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: New Year's Day
- New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
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: Orthodox Christmas
- The Orthodox Church recognises January 7th as the day that Jesus was born
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: Women's Day
- The UN has declared March 8th to be a day to celebrate, recognise and remember women
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: Easter Day (Catholic)
- Easter Sunday is the most important date in the Christian church. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus had been placed.
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: Orthodox Easter Day
- Easter is the most significant religious holiday for the world's roughly 300 million Orthodox Christians. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus has been placed after his crucifixion.
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: Labour Day
- This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
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: Public Holiday
- In Belarus, bridge holidays may be granted each year, compensated by working Saturdays.
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: Commemoration Day
- A commemoration of the dead on the Second Tuesday after Easter
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: Public Holiday
- In Belarus, bridge holidays may be granted each year, compensated by working Saturdays.
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: Victory Day
- Celebrates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World War
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: Independence Day
- Adopted in 1996, in commemoration of the Red Army's 1944 liberation of Minsk during the Minsk Offensive
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: October Revolution Day
- Commemorates the Great October Socialist Revolution that began on this day on November 7th 1917
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: Public Holiday
- In Belarus, bridge holidays may be granted each year, compensated by working Saturdays.
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: Christmas Eve
- Christmas Eve marks the culmination of the Advent period before Christmas that started on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Eve.
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: Christmas Day (Catholic)
- Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
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