National Holidays in Moldova 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 only Orthodox churches that still observe the 7 January date are the Russian Orthodox Church, the Ukrainian churches, the Serbs and the Mount Athos monks in Greece
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: Orthodox Christmas Holiday
- The Orthodox Church recognises January 7th as the day that Jesus was born
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: Martisor
- Martisor is a festival that marks traditional Romanian beginning of Spring
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: International Women's Day
- The UN has declared March 8th to be a day to celebrate, recognise and remember women
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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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: Orthodox Easter Monday
- The Orthodox church uses the Julian calendar for the calculation of Easter, which can often mean that Orthodox Easter falls later than Easter observed elsewhere
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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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: Memorial Easter
- A commemoration of the dead on the Second Monday after Easter
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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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: International Children's Day
- A new holiday since 2016. The World Conference for the Well-being of Children in Geneva, Switzerland, proclaimed June 1 to be International Children's Day in 1925
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: Independence Day
- Marks the Declaration of Independence from the Soviet Union on August 27th 1991
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: Romanian Language Day
- Marks the demonstrations of 1989 that made Moldova adopt the its language laws
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: Chisinau City Day
- Public Holiday just for Chisinau. Each city and village has its own celebration day
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: Cahul City Day
- Public Holiday just for Cahul. Each city and village has its own celebration day
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: Christmas Day
- Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
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