Holiday Guide for Lithuania in 2020

Lithuania 2020

Lithuania
2020

Lithuania information

Population: 2.79m
Capital: Vilnius
Calling Code: (370)
Time Zone: 0 UTC
Currency: Euro
Language: Lithuanian

List of National Holidays in Lithuania in 2020

	Wednesday January 1st New Year's Day Lithuania: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
	Sunday February 16th Restoration of the State Day Lithuania: The Act of Independence of Lithuania was signed by the Council of Lithuania on February 16th 1918, proclaiming the restoration of an independent State of Lithuania
	Wednesday March 11th Restoration of Independence Day Lithuania: The Lithuanian people voted for self-rule in elections held in February 1990, and the new democratically elected parliament declared independence from the Soviet Union on March 11, 1990
	Sunday April 12th Easter Sunday Lithuania: 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.
	Monday April 13th Long Weekend! Easter Monday Lithuania: Easter is probably the most important holiday of the Christian year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
	Friday May 1st Long Weekend! Labour Day Lithuania: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Sunday May 3rd Mother's Day Lithuania: Mother's Day is a public holiday under Lithuanian Labour Law
	Sunday June 7th Father's Day Lithuania: Father's Day is a celebration that honours the role of fathers and forefathers
	Wednesday June 24th St. John's Day Lithuania: The feast day of St John the Baptist marking Midsummer. John by tradition was born six months before Jesus.
	Monday July 6th Long Weekend! Anniversary of the Coronation of King Mindaugas Lithuania: King Mindaugas was the first Grand Duke of Lithuania and the first and only King of a unified Lithuania
	Saturday August 15th Assumption Day Lithuania: The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ
	Sunday November 1st All Saints' Day Lithuania: Pope Boniface IV dedicated the day as a holiday to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary and all martyrs
	Monday November 2nd Long Weekend! All Souls' Day Lithuania: Dedicated to the remembrance of the departed. All Souls' Day follows All Saints' Day.
	Thursday December 24th Christmas Eve Lithuania: Christmas Eve marks the culmination of the Advent period before Christmas that started on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Eve.
	Friday December 25th Long Weekend! Christmas Day Lithuania: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
	Saturday December 26th Second day of Christmas Lithuania: Several countries and regions around the world extend their public holidays for Christmas beyond 25th December

Notes

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