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Holidays in Lithuania

List of official holidays in Lithuania:

January 1 
New Years day
February 16 
Day of Re-establishment of the State of Lithuania (1918)
March 11 
Day of Restitution of Independence of Lithuania (from the Soviet Union, 1990)
First Sunday and Monday of spring with full moon
Easter (commemorates death of Jesus)
May 1 
International Labor Day
first sunday in May 
Mothers Day;
June 24 
St. John's Day, Day of dew - first name is Christian, second is original pagan, holiday is done according to mostly pagan traditions (Joninės , Rasos );
July 6 
Statehood Day (commemorates corronation of first king, Mindaugas)
August 15 
Assumption Day (Žolinės );
November 1 
All Saints' Day
December 25-26 
Christmas (commemorates birth of Jesus)


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