Holidays

Lithuanian National Holidays

2009
1 January New Year's Day
16 February Restoration of State Day (1918)
11 March Restoration of Independence Day (1990)
12 April Easter Sunday
1 May Labour Day
3 May Mothers' Day (1^st Sunday of May)*

7 June Fathers Day (1^st Sunday of June)*
24 June Jonines (St John's Day/Midsummer's Day)
6 July State Day - Coronation of King Mindaugas
15 August Assumption Day
1 November All Saints' Day
25 December Christmas Day
26 December 2^nd Day of Christmas

2010
1 January New Year's Day.
16 February Restoration of State Day (1918).
11 March Restoration of Independence Day (1990)
4 April Easter Sunday
1 May Labour Day*
2 May Mothers' Day (1^st Sunday of May) *

6 June Fathers Day (1^st Sunday of June)*
24 June Jonines (St John's Day/Midsummer's Day)
6 July State Day - Coronation of King Mindaugas
15 August Assumption Day
1 November All Saints' Day
25 December Christmas Day
26 December 2^nd Day of Christmas

*Lithuanian Law dictates that where a holiday falls on the weekend, holidays will be granted in lieu of this starting from the begining of the working week..

National and Religious Holidays

National and religious holidays

6 January
Three Kings

25 January
Mid Winter - St. Paul's conversion

2 February
Purification of the Blessed, Perkūno day of the feast of Christ's sacrifice

between February 5 and 6 March
Shrove Tuesday(Pancake Day) / Užgavėnės

1 June after Shrove Tuesday
Ash Wednesday

April 1
April Fools Day

From Shrove Tuesday to Easter Fasting

The week before Easter
Palm Sunday

23 April
Dahlia, Ganiklio Day

8 May
St. Stanislav, Cibulinis

13 May
Day of Love, the goddess Milda Festival
from Easter to Whitsun
Sunday after
six weeks after Easter
Ascension (Christ enter heaven Festival)
Seven weeks after Easter
Pentecost

June 24
Rasos, Midsummer

8 September
Silins (Švč. Virgin Mary's birthday)

2 November
All Souls

from November 28 until Christmas Eve
Advent

12 December
Holy. Mary nekaltojo coming holiday

December 24
Christmas Eve

Important memorial days:

1 January
Lithuanian flag day

13 January
Day of Defenders of freedom

8 March
Women's International Day of Solidarity

29 March
Lithuania's accession to NATO Day

1 May
Lithuania's accession to the European Union

7 May
Press the recovery, the language and the book the day

9 May
European dienaųšų

15 May
Inaugural meeting of the Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) day

International Family Day

1 June
International Day of Children's remedies

3 June
Movement Day

14 June
Day of Mourning and Hope

June 15
Occupation and genocide day

23 June
June Uprising Day

15 July
Battle of Grunwald Day

23 August
Black ribbon and Baltic days

August 31
Freedom Day

1 September
Science and Knowledge Day

8 September
Silins (Virgin Mary's birthday),

Coronation of Vytautas the Great Thanksgiving for Lithuanian independence and the freedom day of vindication

25 October
Constitution Day

2 November
Memory of the Dead (All Souls' Day) the day

23 November
Lithuanian Army Day;

10 December
International Human Rights Day