Easter Monday - Official Holiday

Official Holiday

Easter Monday is an official holiday in the following countries—Nations on this list indicated as "Eastern Christian" observe Easter according to the Julian Calendar reckoning used in Eastern Christianity which differs most years from the Gregorian Calendar reckoning used in Western Christianity.

  • Albania (Eastern Christian)
  • Andorra
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Bulgaria (Eastern Christian)
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroon
  • Canada 4(day off for civil service and public schools)
  • Cape Verde Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Cook Islands
  • Croatia
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Cyprus (Eastern Christian)
  • Czech Republic (Pomlazka)
  • Denmark
  • Dominica
  • Egypt (Eastern Christian, as Sham El Nessim, Coptic Church)
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Ethiopia
  • Faroe Islands
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • France
  • French Guiana
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Georgia (Eastern Christian)
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece (Eastern Christian)
  • Greenland
  • Grenada
  • Guadeloupe
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Hong Kong (people often hold special events such as easter egg races and painting easter eggs)
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Iran
  • Ireland
  • Isle of Man
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macedonia, Republic of (Eastern Christian)
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Martinique
  • Moldova (Eastern Christian)
  • Monaco
  • Montenegro (Eastern Christian)
  • Montserrat
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • Netherlands
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Niue
  • Norway
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Poland
  • Romania (Eastern Christian)
  • Russia (Eastern Christian)
  • Rwanda
  • Senegal
  • Serbia (Eastern Christian)
  • Seychelles
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Africa (Family Day)
  • Spain (Only in some Regions of Northern and Eastern Spain.)
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • St. Lucia
  • St. Pierre and Miquelon
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Suriname
  • Swaziland
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syria (Eastern Christian)
  • Tanzania
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine (Eastern Christian)
  • United Kingdom (except Scotland)
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Vanuatu
  • Western Samoa
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

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