Portugal: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
Friday April 15th
Good Friday
Portugal: Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
Sunday April 17th
Easter
Portugal: 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 25th
Freedom Day
Portugal: Celebrates the 1974 Revolution that ended the Dictatorship and started Democracy
Portugal: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
Azores: Honours Azorean self-rule as granted in the Portuguese Constitution of 1976.
Friday June 10th
Portugal Day
Portugal: Commemorates the death of Luís de Camões on June 10th 1580
Lisbon: Always celebrated on June 13th. It is the Feast day of St. Anthony and commemorates his death in 1231
Portugal: The Feast of Corpus Christi is a Catholic festival celebrated on the second Thursday after Whitsun
Porto: The feast day of St John the Baptist marking Midsummer. John by tradition was born six months before Jesus.
Friday July 1st
Madeira Day
Madeira: Commemorates the autonomy granted to the Madeira archipelago by the Portuguese Constitution of 1976
Monday August 15th
Assumption Day
Portugal: The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ
Portugal: Commemorates the establishment of a republican form of government in 1910
Portugal: Pope Boniface IV dedicated the day as a holiday to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary and all martyrs
Portugal: Celebrates the reinstatement of sovereignty after the period of Spanish rule between 1580 and 1640
Portugal: It is a day that celebrates the belief that Mary, mother of Jesus, was preserved from original sin all of her life
Portugal: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
Monday December 26th
Christmas Holiday
Madeira: Several countries and regions around the world extend their public holidays for Christmas beyond 25th December
