Holidays in Lithuania

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In Lithuania there are the following public holidays :

Legal holidays

These holidays are non-working (or shops are open to a limited extent) and apply nationwide (if the holiday falls on a Sunday, Monday is no longer non-working):

Public holiday ( German ) Public holiday ( Lithuanian ) date
New Year Naujieji metai January 1st
Day of the Restoration of the Lithuanian State Lietuvos valstybės atkūrimo diena February 16
Lithuanian Independence Restoration Day Lietuvos nepriklausomybės atkūrimo diena March 11
Easter Velykos 1st Sunday + 1st Monday after the 1st full moon in spring
Labor Day Tarptautinė darbo diena 1st of May
Mother's Day Motinos diena 1st Sunday in May
Fathers day Tėvo diena 1st Sunday in June
St. John's Day Joninės (Rasos) June 24th
Statehood Day Valstybės (Lietuvos karaliaus Mindaugo karūnavimo) diena July 6th
Assumption Day Žolinė (Švč. Mergelės Marijos ėmimo į dangų diena) 15th of August
All Saints Day Visų šventųjų diena November 1st
holy Evening Šv. Kūčios 24th of December
Christmas Šv. Kalėdos December 25th + December 26th

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