Category Archives: International Holidays

18th of May – International Museum Day

18th of May – International Museum Day
Every year on May 18, museum workers from all over the world celebrate their professional holiday - the International Museum Day. And, of course, those of us who are looking forward to the next visit to the local history museum of the city or to meet with rare exhibits of the Hermitage or the Louvre…
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4th of May – Star Wars Day

4th of May – Star Wars Day
On the 4th of May, fans of the world famous Star Wars movie celebrate an informal, but no less interesting, holiday - Star Wars Day or Luke Skywalker Day. The date was chosen for the fun game of words: there is a famous phrase from this movie: may the force be with you, so May…
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1st of May – International Workers’ Day

1st of May – International Workers’ Day
On the 1st of May, in many countries of the world, an international holiday is celebrated - Labor Day (Spring and Labor Day), which was originally called the Day of International Solidarity of Workers. On May 1, 1886, American workers made a strike in Chicago, claiming an 8-hour working day. The strike and the demonstration…
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28th of April – Orthodox Easter

28th of April – Orthodox Easter
Easter is a special holiday, calculated for each year. The whole week preceding this day is called Great, or Holy Week. Earlier, long before the birth of Christ, in the worldview of the ancient peoples, the egg symbolized the universe. Plutarch exalted the egg, considering it the creator of all nature. However, in Christianity, the…
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