National Holidays in Estonia in 2025
Upcoming Holidays in Estonia
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: New Year's Day
- New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
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: Independence Day
- Marks the declaration of independence from the Germans near the end of the first world war.
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: Good Friday
- Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
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: Easter Sunday
- Easter Sunday is the most important date in the Christian church. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus had been placed.
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: Spring Day
- This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
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: Mother's Day
- Not a public holiday, but a legal national holiday observed on the second Sunday in May in the United States
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: Pentecost Sunday
- Celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter
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: Victory Day
- Marks the key victory in the 1919 Battle of Võnnu (near Cesis, Latvia)
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: St. John's Day
- The feast day of St John the Baptist marking Midsummer. John by tradition was born six months before Jesus.
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: Independence Restoration Day
- In 1991 Estonia re-established independence after the end of the Soviet Union
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: Ethnicity day
- day dedicated to the Estonian unique language and cultural identity
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: Father's Day
- Father's Day in Estonia is celebrated on the second Sunday in November.
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: Christmas Eve
- Christmas Eve marks the culmination of the Advent period before Christmas that started on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Eve.
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: Christmas Day
- Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
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: Boxing Day
- The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
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