Public holidays in Lithuania

List of official holidays in Lithuania:^[1]

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Naujieji metai
February 16	the Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania (1918)	Lietuvos valstybės atkūrimo diena
March 11	Day of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (from the Soviet Union, 1990)	Lietuvos nepriklausomybės atkūrimo diena
The first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or soonest after 21 March and following Monday	Easter	Velykos	Commemorates resurrection of Jesus
May 1	International Working Day	Tarptautinė darbo diena
First Sunday in May	Mother's Day	Motinos diena
First Sunday in June	Father's Day	Tėvo diena
June 24	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 6	Statehood Day	Valstybės (Lietuvos karaliaus Mindaugo karūnavimo) diena	Commemorates coronation of the first king, Mindaugas
August 15	Assumption Day	Žolinė (Švč. Mergelės Marijos ėmimo į dangų diena)
November 1	All Saints' Day	Visų šventųjų diena
December 24	Christmas Eve	Šv. Kūčios
December 25 and 26	Christmas	Šv. Kalėdos	Commemorates birth of Jesus

The list of other observances (atmintinos dienos) is set by law and includes a total of 60 days, not including the public holidays above.^[2]

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