Malta is the country with the most holidays in the European Union. Since 2005, any holidays falling on Sundays do not add an extra day to the workers' leave pool. In the United States, a holiday is a day set aside by a nation or culture (in some cases, multiple nations and cultures) typically for celebration but sometimes for some other kind of special culture-wide (or national) observation or activity. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

National holidays

• March 31 - Freedom Day (Jum il-Ħelsien)
• June 7 - Sette Giugno
• September 8 - Victory Day (Jum il-Vitorja)
• September 21 - Independence Day (Jum l-Indipendenza)
• December 13 - Republic Day (Jum ir-Repubblika)

March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... On March 31, 1979, remembered in the Maltese calendar as Freedom Day (in Maltese Jum il-Ħelsien), Malta, for the first time in its history did not have any foreign forces. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... Victory Day, 8 September is a National Holiday in Malta. ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... The Maltese Independence Day is held on September 21. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Republic Day in Malta marks when Malta became a Republic, on December 13, 1974. ...

Public holidays

• January 1 - New Year's Day (L-Ewwel tas-Sena)
• February 10 - Saint Paul's Shipwreck (San Pawl Nawfraġu)
• March 19 - Feast of Saint Joseph (San Ġużepp)
• Friday before Easter - Good Friday (Il-Ġimgħa l-Kbira)
• May 1 - Worker's Day (Jum il-Ħaddiem)
• June 29 - Feast of Saint Peter & Saint Paul, patron saints (L-Imnarja)
• August 15 - Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady (Santa Marija)
• December 8 - Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Il-Kunċizzjoni)
• December 25 - Christmas Day (Il-Milied)

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Other holidays

All Saints' Day (November 1 - Jum il-Qaddisin Kollha) and All Souls Day (November 2 - Jum l-Irwieh) are not officially recognized, but kindergartens, primary and secondary schools assign them as holidays. The last two days of Carnival (Monday and Tuesday) are also school holidays. Santa Marija is especially popular with residents of the main island for family trips to Gozo, where the feast is celebrated in the capital, Rabat. The Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady is celebrated in seven parishes. Good Friday is characterized by processions across the country, starting at around 3 p.m. and lasting for about four hours, where believers (sometimes wearing a hood) offer tribute to the Passion of Christ by carrying statue representations (vari) of the stages of the Passion (which are much heavier than the statues used in festas), and by carrying themselves the cross (with or without wheels) through part or all of the procession. 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. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... All Souls Day by William Bouguereau All Souls Day (Commemoratio omnium fidelium defunctorum), also called Defuncts Day in Mexico and Belgium, is the day set apart in the Roman Catholic Church for the commemoration of the faithful departed. ... November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... Swabian-Alemannic carnival clowns in Wolfach, Germany A carnival is a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. ... Map. ... Gozo is an island of the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea, second in size to Malta Island. ... Victoria (also called Rabat) is the capital of Gozo, an island of the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. ... Good Friday is a holy day celebrated by Christians on the Friday before Easter or Pascha. ... The Passion is the technical term for the suffering and Agony of Jesus that led directly to the Crucifixion, a central Christian event. ... The culture of Malta reflects the various influences of different countries, namely Italy and the United Kingdom, which ruled Malta until 1964. ...

Remembrance Day is observed by the wail of sirens during the traditional two minutes of silence at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month observed by all Commonwealth countries. Wreaths of artificial poppies used as a symbol of remembrance Remembrance Day or Armistice Day is a day of commemoration observed in the Commonwealth of Nations and various European countries (including France and Belgium) to commemorate World War I and other wars. ... The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as The Commonwealth, is an association of 53 independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire. ...

Most religious holidays are celebrated as traditional festas. The culture of Malta reflects the various influences of different countries, namely Italy and the United Kingdom, which ruled Malta until 1964. ...