January 2 - Holidays and Observances

Holidays and Observances

• Ancestry Day (Haiti)
• Berchtold’s Day (Switzerland, Liechtenstein and the Alsace)
• Carnival Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Basil the Great (Roman Catholic and Anglican Church)
  • Defendens of Thebes
  • Gregory of Nazianzus (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Macarius of Alexandria
  • Seraphim of Sarov (repose)
  • January 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• The first day of Blacks and Whites' Carnival, celebrated until January 7. (southern Colombia)
• The first day of the Carnival of Riosucio, celebrated until January 8 every 2 years. (Riosucio)
• The ninth day of Christmas (Western Christianity)
• The second day of New Year (A holiday in Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Montenegro, New Zealand, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine):
  • Bank Holiday, if it is a Sunday, the day moves to January 3 (Scotland)
  • Kaapse Klopse (Cape Town)
• Victory of Armed Forces Day (Cuba)