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Encyclopedia > Holidays in Lithuania

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List of official holidays in Lithuania:

January 1 
New Year's day
February 16 
Day of Re-establishment of the State of Lithuania (1918)
March 11 
Day of Restitution of Independence of Lithuania (from the Soviet Union, 1990)
First Sunday and Monday of spring with full moon
Easter (commemorates death of Jesus)
May 1 
International Labor Day
first sunday in May 
Mothers' Day;
June 23 
St. John's Day [Christian name], Day of Dew [original pagan name] - Celebrated according to mostly pagan traditions. (aka: Joninės, Rasos, Midsummer Day, Saint Jonas Day);
July 6 
Statehood Day (commemorates corronation of first king, Mindaugas)
August 15 
Assumption Day (Žolinės);
November 1 
All Saints' Day
December 25-26 
Christmas (commemorates birth of Jesus)

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