| Public holidays in Lithuania
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| Date |
English name |
Local name |
Remarks
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| 1 January |
New Year's Day |
Naujųjų metų diena |
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| 16 February |
Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania (1918) |
Lietuvos valstybės atkūrimo diena |
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| 11 March |
Day of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990) |
Lietuvos nepriklausomybės atkūrimo diena |
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| Moveable Sunday |
Easter Sunday |
Šv. Velykos |
Commemorates resurrection of Jesus. The first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or soonest after 21 March.
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| The day after Easter Sunday |
Easter Monday |
Antroji šv. Velykų diena |
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| 1 May |
International Workers' Day |
Tarptautinė darbo diena |
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| First Sunday in May |
Mother's Day |
Motinos diena |
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| First Sunday in June |
Father's Day |
Tėvo diena |
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| 24 June |
St. John's Day / Day of Dew |
Joninės / Rasos |
Celebrated according to mostly pagan traditions (Midsummer Day, Saint Jonas Day).
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| 6 July |
Statehood Day |
Valstybės (Lietuvos karaliaus Mindaugo karūnavimo) ir Tautiškos giesmės diena |
Celebrates the 1253 coronation of Mindaugas, the first King of Lithuania, and the national anthem of Lithuania.
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| 15 August |
Assumption Day |
Žolinė (Švč. Mergelės Marijos ėmimo į dangų diena) |
Also marked according to pagan traditions, celebrating the goddess Žemyna and noting the mid-August as the middle between summer and autumn.
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| 1 November |
All Saints' Day |
Visų šventųjų diena |
Halloween is increasingly popular and is also informally celebrated on the eve (31 October).
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| 2 November |
All Souls' Day |
Mirusiųjų atminimo (Vėlinių) diena |
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| 24 December |
Christmas Eve |
Šv. Kūčios |
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| 25 and 26 December |
Christmas Day |
Šv. Kalėdos |
Commemorates birth of Jesus.
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