Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Montenegro voted for independence from Serbia in an EU-organised referendum on 21 May 2006. On 3 June, the parliament of Montenegro ...

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. In Monaco, you will hear people speak French and live much the same life of those in surrounding France in most respects, but they are ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Pentecost is the final celebration of the seven-week Easter period. According to Christian belief, Pentecost commemorates the day that the ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. After years of repression of all religions in Albania, during its dark decades of Communist rule, both Christianity and Islam have ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Some bank holidays were named to take the place of traditional religious holidays, but not so with Late Summer Bank Holiday. It was ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Saint Joseph’s Day gradually began to be celebrated in Ancient and Medieval times, and was well established by the 900’s. But it was only ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Commerce Day is basically a day-off for the Iceland Stock Exchange, and it is a day to celebrate and showcase your trade and its products ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. The Arabic term “Eid al-Fitr” means, literally, “feast of breaking the fast”. It is the first day following the disciplined time of fasting ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. You can expect delicious dinners, family gatherings, parades, religious services and events, greeting cards, painted eggs, bunnies, ...

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 ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. The Assumption of Mary has been a church tradition since at least the 4th Century A.D., but it was not an officially recognised Catholic ...