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Lithuanian Holidays
January 1st - New Year's Day - Naujieji metai
February 16th - Day of Re-Establishment of the state of Lithuania (191 cool - Lietuvos valstybės atkūrimo diena
March 11th - Day of Restitution of Independence of Lithuania (From the Soviet Union, 1990) - Lietuvos nepriklausomybės atkūrimo diena
First Sunday and Monday of spring with full moon - Easter - Velykos - Commemorates resurrection of Jesus
May 1st - International Labor Day - Tarptautinė darbo diena
First Sunday in May - Mother's Day - Motinos diena
First Sunday in June - Father's Day - Tėvo diena
June 24th - St. John's Day (Christian name), Day of Dew (original pagan name) - Joninės, Rasos - Celebrated according to mostly pagan traditions. (aka: Midsummer Day, Saint Jonas Day)
July 6th - Statehood Day - Valstybės (Lietuvos karaliaus Mindaugo karūnavimo) diena - Commemorates coronation of the first king, Mindaugas
August 15th - Assumption Day - Žolinė (Švč. Mergelės Marijos ėmimo į dangų diena)
November 1st - All Saint's Day - Visų šventųjų diena
December 25th and 26th - Christmas - Šv. Kalėdos

Other Observances :
January 13th - Day of Freedom Defenders: a memory day for victims of January Events
March 4th - Saint Casimir's Day, on the anniversary of the death of Saint Casimir, the patron saint of Lithuania
June 14th - Mourning and Hope day, for remembrance of whose who were exiled to Siberia as part of Soviet genocide in Lithuania. The June 14th remarks the first operation Priboi in 1941.
August 23rd - Black Ribbon day - a memory day for the victims of totalitarian regimes.

[[ Found on wiki so I'm not positive. Link here. ]]





 
 
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