Holiday

Taking a holiday ( OHG Fira from Latin feria, festival day ',' religious celebration dedicated to non-working day '; celebrate this, original, let it rest for work ', OHG Firon from Latin fēriāri; see office hours, holidays) or feast day (Latin Festus this, one of the [ public ] religious celebration dedicated day '; see feast) is generally understood to be a non-working day with special holiday rest. All cultures and nations regularly celebrate certain events of social or religious rank. These are often particularly protected by the laws of the various States. One then speaks of public holidays.

Weekly recurring holidays and the weekly rest days; these have mostly religious causes: Judaism celebrates the commemoration of the seventh day of creation, God rested on the ( 2:2-3 EU), the Sabbath as the seventh day of the week; Christian week rest day is the thought of Christ's resurrection, the first day of the week, Sunday, Islamic Friday.

  • 2.1 Holidays in existing states
  • 2.2 Holidays in Former States
  • 3.1 See also
  • 3.2 Literature
  • 3.3 External links
  • 3.4 documents

Types of holidays

Religious Holidays

  • Christianity: see the church year, Roman general calendar
  • Judaism: see Jewish festivals
  • Islam: see Islamic festival days, the Islamic calendar
  • Buddhism: see Buddhist Festivals and Holidays
  • Bahai Faith: see Bahai Calendar

Public Holidays

  • New Year
  • Labor Day
  • Europe Day
  • National holidays, such as Day of German Unity
  • National Day ( Austria )
  • Swiss National Day

Mobile and fixed holidays

Fixed holidays are held (date) of the year is always the same day. Important valid in many European countries, fixed holidays are:

  • New Year (January 1 )
  • Epiphany (January 6 - Epiphany / Epiphany of the Lord )
  • The 1st of May of the work, working holiday, in the tradition of struggle day the labor movement day
  • Liberation Day, VE Day commemoration of the liberation from fascist Germany or to the unconditional surrender of Germany in 1945, data late April to early May, often 8 and 9 May, the end of the Second World War in Europe
  • Assumption (August 15 )
  • All Saints' Day (November 1 )
  • Mary Immaculate Conception (December 8 )
  • Christmas ( 25th and in some countries, December 26 )

The movable holidays are determined by the majority in the church year lunar calendar of the Jewish tradition. They held each year on a different calendar, but depend, apart from the Day of Atonement, the date of Easter from.

In many European and American countries, the following movable feast days are also regarded as public holidays:

  • Good Friday (two days before Easter Sunday )
  • Easter Sunday and Easter Monday ( to date, see date of Easter )
  • Ascension Day ( Ascension ) ( at the 39th day after Easter, therefore, always a Thursday)
  • Whit Monday ( the 50th day after Easter)
  • Trinity Sunday (Sunday after Pentecost )
  • Corpus Christi ( Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, on the 60th day after Easter, therefore, always a Thursday)

The article in the " See also" provide information on which holidays are in which countries.

Holidays international

Holidays in existing states

  • Holidays in Armenia
  • Holidays in Azerbaijan
  • Holidays in Belgium
  • Holidays in Brazil
  • Holidays in Denmark
  • Holidays in Germany
  • Holidays in France
  • Holidays in Gambia
  • Holidays in Georgia
  • Holidays in Ghana
  • Holidays in Indonesia
  • Holidays in Ireland
  • Holidays in Iceland
  • Holidays in Italy
  • Holidays in Japan
  • Holidays in Kenya
  • Holidays in Croatia
  • Holidays in Liechtenstein
  • Holidays in Lithuania
  • Holidays in Luxembourg
  • Holidays in Namibia
  • Holidays in Nauru
  • Holidays in the Netherlands
  • Holidays in Poland
  • Holidays in Portugal
  • Holidays in Austria
  • Holidays in the Philippines
  • Holidays in Romania
  • Holidays in Russia
  • Holidays in Sweden
  • Holidays in Switzerland
  • Holidays in Serbia
  • Holidays in Singapore
  • Holidays in Slovakia
  • Holidays in Somalia
  • Holidays in Spain
  • Holidays in South Africa
  • Holidays in Suriname
  • Holidays in Syria
  • Holidays in Thailand
  • Holidays in the Czech Republic
  • Holidays in Turkey
  • Holidays in the UK
  • Holidays in the United States

Holidays in former states

  • Holidays in East Germany
  • Holidays in the German Empire 1933-1945
  • Holidays in Yugoslavia
  • Holidays in the Soviet Union
  • Festivals and Holidays in the Roman Empire

Appendix

Old High German Vacation Shabbat Resurrection of Jesus Victory Day (Eastern Europe) Victory in Europe Day May 8 May 9 All Saints' Day Public holidays in Armenia Public holidays in Azerbaijan Public holidays in Belgium Public holidays in France Public holidays in the Gambia Public holidays in Georgia Public holidays in Ghana Public holidays in Indonesia Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland Public holidays in Iceland Public holidays in Italy Public holidays in Japan Public holidays in Lithuania Public holidays in Namibia Public holidays in Poland Public holidays in the Philippines Public holidays in Russia Public holidays in Sweden Public holidays in Slovakia Public holidays in Syria Public holidays in Thailand Public holidays in the Czech Republic Public holidays in the Soviet Union Anniversary List of commemorative days
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