Orthodox Pentecost is a national holiday in Cyprus and is also observed by the more than 250 million Orthodox believers around the world. Aside from Easter, Pentecost is the highest feast on the ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Until the end of the 17th Century, Serbia was ruled by the Ottoman Empire of Turkey. At the end of that century, the northern part of the ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Easter week begins on Palm Sunday, which is when the Pope holds a special mass in Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City. Even though this is ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. The first National Day was celebrated on 16 May 1734, a date chosen by Honore III. In 1854, Prince Charles III changed the date to 4 ...

Eid al-Fitr is celebrated in Albania with much religious fervour and general merriment. The national holiday comes on the first day of the Islamic month of Shawwal, immediately following the holy ...

On 29 June, Vatican City celebrates the Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul as a public holiday. Both the Apostle Peter and the Apostle Paul were martyred in Rome, and today, they are “joint patron ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Labour Day is a major focus-day for labour unions, politicians anxious to please their constituents, and ordinary workers looking for ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Prayer Day comes on the fourth Friday following Easter Sunday and lands sometime in late April to mid-May. It was introduced to consolidate ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Saint Joseph, the husband of Mary and “adoptive father” of the Lord Jesus Christ, is well known to have been a carpenter who supported the ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Victory Day is celebrated in Russia and in a number of other former Soviet Republics, but each country keeps the holiday in its own unique ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Some families in Cyprus will camp out or visit the beach or the city park on Green Monday. Everyone wants to get outside and enjoy the ...