Public holidays in Belarus - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

are classified into state holidays and other holidays and commemorative days, including religious holidays. Nine of them are non-working days.

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year New Year The New Year is the day that marks the time of the beginning of a new calendar year, and is the day on which the year count of the specific calendar used is incremented. For many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner....	Новы год (Novy Hod)
January 7	Orthodox Christmas	Каляды праваслаўныя (Kalady pravasłaŭnyja)
March 8	International Women's Day International Women's Day International Women's Day , originally called International Working Women’s Day, is marked on March 8 every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and...	Мiжнародны жаночы дзень (Mižnarodny žanočy dzień)
May 1	International Labor Day Labor Day Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September that celebrates the economic and social contributions of workers.-History:...	Дзень працы (Dzień Pracy)
May 9	Victory Day Victory Day (Eastern Europe) Victory Day or 9 May marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in the Second World War...	Дзень Перамогi (Dzień Pieramohi)	Marks the victory against Germany in World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
July 3	Independence Day Independence Day An Independence Day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's assumption of independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a colony or part of another nation or state, and more rarely after the end of a military occupation...	Дзень Незалежнасцi (Dzień Niezaležnasci)	Adopted in 1996, in commemoration of the Red Army Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to... 's 1944 liberation of Minsk Minsk - Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened... during the Minsk Offensive
November 7	October Revolution Day October Revolution The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...	Дзень Кастрычніцкай рэвалюцыі (Dzień Kastryčnickaj revalucyi)
December 25	Catholic Christmas Christmas Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...	Каляды каталiцкiя (Kalady katalickija)	Example
moveable Moveable feast In Christianity, a moveable feast or movable feast is a holy day – a feast day or a fast day – whose date is not fixed to a particular day of the calendar year but moves in response to the date of Easter, the date of which varies according to a complex formula...	Commemoration Day	Радунiца (Radunica)	9 days after Orthodox Easter

Other holidays and commemorative days

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
February 23	Defender of the Fatherland and Armed Forces day Defender of the Fatherland Day Defender of the Fatherland Day is a holiday observed in Russia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Belarus and several other former republics of the Soviet Union. It is celebrated on February 23.-History:...	Дзень абаронцы Айчыны (Dzień abaroncy Ajčyny)
March 15	Constitution Day Constitution Day Constitution Day is a holiday to honor the constitution of a country. Constitution Day is often celebrated on the anniversary of the signing, promulgation or adoption of the constitution, or in some cases, to commemorate the change to constitutional monarchy:...	Дзень Канстытуцыi (Dzień Kanstytucyji)	Adopted in 1994
April 2	Unity of Peoples of Russia and Belarus Day	Дзень яднання народаў Беларусi i Расii (Dzień jadnannia narodaŭ Bielarusi i Rasii)	Example
April 26	Chernobyl tragedy commemorative day	Dzień čarnobyĺskaj trahiedyi
Second Sunday of May	State Flag and State Emblem Day	Дзень Дзяржаўнага Сцяга i Дзяржаўнага Гебра (Dzień Dziaržaŭnaha Sciaha i Dziaržaŭnaha Hiebra)
June 22	Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Great Patriotic War	Дзень усенароднай памяці ахвяр Вялікай Айчыннай вайны (Dzień usienarodnaj pamiaci achviar Vialikaj Ajčynnaj vajny)	In solemn remembrance of all the victims of the Second World War, and in commemoration of the heroic last stand of Brest Fortress Brest Fortress Brest Fortress , formerly known as Brest-Litovsk Fortress , is a 19th century Russian fortress in Brest, Belarus. It is one of the most important Soviet World War II war monuments commemorating the Soviet resistance against the German invasion on June 22, 1941... in 1941, on the very country and city (Brest Brest -Places:* Brest, Belarus Brest Fortress Brest Railway Museum, the first outdoor railway museum in Belarus* Brest, France... ) in which the Eastern Front began.

In additional there are a number of traditional holidays.

Date	English Name	Local Name
July 6/7	Kupalle	Купалле (Kupallie)
November 2	Dziady Dziady Dziady was an ancient Slavic feast to commemorate the dead. Literally, the word is translated as "Grandfathers". It was held twice every year . During the feast the ancient Slavs organized libations and ritual meals...	Дзяды (Dziady)
moveable Moveable feast In Christianity, a moveable feast or movable feast is a holy day – a feast day or a fast day – whose date is not fixed to a particular day of the calendar year but moves in response to the date of Easter, the date of which varies according to a complex formula...	Catholic Easter Easter Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...	Вялiкдзень каталiцкi (Vialikdzień katalicki)
moveable Moveable feast In Christianity, a moveable feast or movable feast is a holy day – a feast day or a fast day – whose date is not fixed to a particular day of the calendar year but moves in response to the date of Easter, the date of which varies according to a complex formula...	Orthodox Easter Easter Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...	Вялiкдзень праваслаўны (Vialikdzień pravasłaŭny)

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