With the officialization of the 2024 holiday calendar The date on which Easter will be celebrated was knowna very important week for Catholics.
It is the commemoration of what is known as the “Passion of Christ”: the entry into Jerusalem, the Last Supper, the Stations of the Cross, and the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. It begins on Palm Sunday and ends on Easter Sunday.
Easter or Resurrection Sunday is marked as the Sunday immediately after the first full moon after the March equinox, that is, the beginning of autumn, and must be calculated using the astronomical full moon. For this, It always falls between March 22 and April 25.
This full moon also constitutes an astronomical phenomenon: the so-called “Pink Moon”, or the first full moon after the autumn equinox, since it was baptized that way by the first Americans and sets the date for Catholic Holy Week.
When is an Easter holiday
The most important Catholic holiday of the year will begin on March 24 with Palm Sunday and will culminate on March 31 with Easter. In addition, this year Easter will be coupled with the holiday of April 2, the day of commemoration of those who fell in the Falklands War, by introducing a bridge holiday on April 1.
For those who do not have to work on Holy Thursday, which is a non-working day, there will be six days of rest in a row: March 28 (Holy Thursday non-working day), March 29 (Good Friday holiday), March 30 (Holy Saturday or Glory Saturday), March 31 (Easter Sunday, Easter Sunday), April 1 (holiday) bridge for tourist purposes) and April 2 (Veteran’s Day and those who fell in the Malvinas War).
The measure was made official this Friday, December 29, through the publication of decree 106/2023 in the Official Gazette. The text bore the signatures of President Javier Milei, the Chief of Staff, Nicolás Posse, and the Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos.
What are the immovable and transferable holidays in 2024
Immovable holidays
January 1: New Year
February 12 and 13: Carnival
March 24: National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice
March 29: Good Friday
April 2: Veteran’s Day and those who fell in the Falklands War
May 1: Labor Day
May 25: May Revolution Day
June 20: Passage to Immortality of General Don Manuel Belgrano
July 9: Independence Day
December 8: Day of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
25th December, Christmas
Transferable holidays
June 17: Passage to Immortality of General Don Martín Miguel de Güemes
August 17: Passage to Immortality of General Don José de San Martín
October 12: Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity
November 20: National Sovereignty Day
Holidays for tourist purposes
April 1 (bridge with Friday, March 29, Good Friday);
June 21 (bridge with Thursday, June 20, Passage to the Immortality of General Manuel Belgrano)
October 11 (bridge with Saturday, October 12, Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity)
Source: Ambito
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