| Naufrágio de São Paulo - Quarta-feira
10 Fevereiro, 2021 Feriado secular : In the year 60 AD, an event took place that is comprehensively described in the New Testament: the shipwreck of the apostle Paul. According to the legend this shipwreck took place at St Paul's Bay. Saint Paul stayed in Malta for three months and performed a number of miracles, like the healing of the father of Publius, the Roman governor. St. Paul converted the Maltese to christianity.
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| Dia dos namorados - Domingo
14 Fevereiro, 2021 Cartões/Flores : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February
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| Feriado de Carnaval (começo) - Sexta-feira
21 Fevereiro, 2020 Férias escolares :
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| Feriado de Carnaval (fim) - Quarta-feira
26 Fevereiro, 2020 Férias escolares :
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| Maratona de Malta - Domingo
1 Março, 2020 Eventos desportivos : Www.maltamarathon.com/ 2020 edition confirmed
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| Festa de São José - Quinta-feira
19 Março, 2020 Católica : Known as Jum San Ġużepp, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. He is the foster-father of Jesus Christ. It has the rank of a solemnity in the Roman Catholic Church. [Wikipedia]
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| Tempo do inverno/verão - Domingo
29 Março, 2020 eventos excepcionais : À 1 hora da manhã, hora local
Daylight Saving time (DST)
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| Festa da Liberdade - Terça-feira
31 Março, 2020 Feriado secular : Comemora o dia em que todas as forças estrangeiras deixaram a ilha de Malta, que foi logo seguido pela declaração de neutralidade.
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| Férias da Páscoa (começo) - Quarta-feira
8 Abril, 2020 Férias escolares :
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| Sexta-feira Santa - Sexta-feira
10 Abril, 2020 Católica ou Protestante : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
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| Páscoa - Domingo
12 Abril, 2020 Católica ou Protestante : Not a paid holiday
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| Fechamento dos bancos - Segunda-feira
13 Abril, 2020 bancos apenas :
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| Férias da Páscoa (fim) - Segunda-feira
20 Abril, 2020 Férias escolares :
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| Dia do Trabalhador - Sexta-feira
1 Maio, 2020 Feriado secular : Jum ill-Haddiem
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| Festa das Mães - Domingo
10 Maio, 2020 Cartões/Flores : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mother’s Day in 1914
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| Fim do Ramadã (pode ser transferido para o dia posterior mais próximo) - Domingo
24 Maio, 2020 Cartões/Flores : The month of Ramadan is that in which was revealed the Quran; a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the criterion (of right and wrong). And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month, and whosoever of you is sick or on a journey, a number of other days. Allah desires for you ease; He desires not hardship for you; and that you should complete the period, and that you should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that perhaps you may be thankful NOT a public holiday [Wikipedia]
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| Visita do Papa - Domingo
31 Maio, 2020 Feriado secular :
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