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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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All Saints in Poland The festival of All Saints, also sometimes known as All Hallows, or Hallowmas, is a feast celebrated in honour of all the saints and martyrs, known or unknown. ...
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