EpiphanyDominican Republic · Monday
Christian Holidays Around the World
Christian holidays arise from the liturgical year and local church traditions. Christmas has a fixed calendar date in many traditions, while Easter and related observances move according to ecclesiastical calculation.
2,145active date records
179countries represented
25holiday identities
1,182dates awaiting confirmation
Christian Holidays in 2026
A bounded selection from the category data; country calendars remain the source for complete annual schedules.
EpiphanyUruguay · Monday
EpiphanyAndorra · Tuesday
EpiphanyAustria · Tuesday
EpiphanyCyprus · Tuesday
EpiphanySpain · Tuesday
EpiphanyFinland · Tuesday
EpiphanyGreece · Tuesday
EpiphanyCroatia · Tuesday
EpiphanyItaly · Tuesday
EpiphanyLiechtenstein · Tuesday
EpiphanyPoland · Tuesday
EpiphanyRomania · Tuesday
EpiphanySweden · Tuesday
EpiphanySan Marino · Tuesday
EpiphanyVatican City · Tuesday
EpiphanyGreenland · Tuesday
Coptic Christmas DayEgypt · Wednesday
Christmas DayEthiopia · Wednesday
Christmas DayGeorgia · Wednesday
Christmas DayKyrgyzstan · Wednesday
Christmas DayNorth Macedonia · Wednesday
Orthodox Christmas DaySerbia · Wednesday
EpiphanyColombia · Monday
Countries represented in 2026
Only explicitly reviewed country/type guides are linked.
🇦🇱 Albania1 dates
🇦🇸 American Samoa2 dates
🇦🇩 Andorra5 dates
🇦🇴 Angola2 dates
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda4 dates
🇦🇷 Argentina2 dates
🇦🇼 Aruba5 dates
🇦🇺 Australia4 dates
🇦🇹 Austria8 dates
🇧🇸 Bahamas5 dates
🇧🇩 Bangladesh1 dates
🇧🇧 Barbados4 dates
🇧🇪 Belgium4 dates
🇧🇿 Belize4 dates
🇧🇯 Benin4 dates
🇧🇲 Bermuda3 dates
🇧🇴 Bolivia4 dates
🇧🇼 Botswana5 dates
🇧🇷 Brazil3 dates
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands4 dates
🇧🇳 Brunei2 dates
🇧🇬 Bulgaria5 dates
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso2 dates
🇧🇮 Burundi4 dates
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde4 dates
🇨🇲 Cameroon3 dates
🇨🇦 Canada3 dates
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands4 dates
🇨🇫 Central African Republic4 dates
🇹🇩 Chad3 dates
🇨🇱 Chile3 dates
🇨🇽 Christmas Island3 dates
🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands4 dates
🇨🇴 Colombia7 dates🇰🇲 Comoros1 dates
🇨🇰 Cook Islands4 dates
🇨🇷 Costa Rica3 dates
🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire4 dates
🇭🇷 Croatia7 dates
🇨🇺 Cuba2 dates
🇨🇼 Curaçao6 dates
🇨🇾 Cyprus6 dates
🇨🇿 Czech Republic5 dates
🇩🇰 Denmark8 dates🇩🇯 Djibouti1 dates
🇩🇲 Dominica4 dates
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic4 dates
🇪🇨 Ecuador3 dates
🇪🇬 Egypt1 dates
🇸🇻 El Salvador4 dates
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea4 dates
🇪🇷 Eritrea2 dates
🇪🇪 Estonia6 dates
🇸🇿 Eswatini5 dates
🇪🇹 Ethiopia4 dates
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands7 dates
🇫🇲 Federated States of Micronesia1 dates
🇫🇯 Fiji4 dates
🇫🇮 Finland10 dates🇫🇷 France5 dates
🇵🇫 French Polynesia5 dates
🇬🇦 Gabon6 dates
🇬🇲 Gambia5 dates
🇬🇪 Georgia5 dates
🇩🇪 Germany6 dates
🇬🇭 Ghana4 dates
🇬🇮 Gibraltar4 dates
🇬🇷 Greece4 dates
🇬🇱 Greenland7 dates
🇬🇩 Grenada5 dates
🇬🇺 Guam2 dates
🇬🇹 Guatemala4 dates
🇬🇬 Guernsey4 dates
🇬🇳 Guinea2 dates
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau2 dates
🇬🇾 Guyana3 dates
🇭🇹 Haiti5 dates
🇭🇳 Honduras3 dates
🇭🇰 Hong Kong2 dates
🇭🇺 Hungary6 dates
🇮🇸 Iceland8 dates
🇮🇳 India2 dates
🇮🇩 Indonesia4 dates
🇮🇶 Iraq1 dates
🇮🇪 Ireland3 dates
🇮🇲 Isle of Man4 dates
🇮🇹 Italy6 dates
🇯🇲 Jamaica4 dates
🇯🇪 Jersey4 dates
🇯🇴 Jordan1 dates
🇰🇪 Kenya4 dates
🇰🇮 Kiribati5 dates
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan1 dates
🇱🇻 Latvia7 dates
🇱🇧 Lebanon1 dates
🇱🇸 Lesotho5 dates
🇱🇷 Liberia1 dates
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein8 dates🇱🇹 Lithuania7 dates
🇱🇺 Luxembourg4 dates
🇲🇴 Macao3 dates
🇲🇬 Madagascar6 dates
🇲🇼 Malawi5 dates
🇲🇾 Malaysia1 dates
🇲🇱 Mali2 dates
🇲🇹 Malta2 dates
🇲🇭 Marshall Islands2 dates
🇲🇺 Mauritius1 dates
🇲🇨 Monaco6 dates
🇲🇲 Myanmar1 dates
🇳🇦 Namibia4 dates
🇳🇷 Nauru3 dates
🇳🇵 Nepal1 dates
🇳🇱 Netherlands7 dates
🇳🇨 New Caledonia4 dates
🇳🇿 New Zealand5 dates
🇳🇮 Nicaragua3 dates
🇳🇪 Niger2 dates
🇳🇬 Nigeria4 dates
🇳🇺 Niue4 dates
🇳🇫 Norfolk Island4 dates
🇲🇰 North Macedonia2 dates
🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands1 dates
🇳🇴 Norway8 dates🇵🇼 Palau1 dates
🇵🇸 Palestine1 dates
🇵🇦 Panama2 dates
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea5 dates
🇵🇾 Paraguay3 dates
🇵🇪 Peru4 dates
🇵🇭 Philippines6 dates
🇵🇱 Poland9 dates🇵🇹 Portugal5 dates
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico1 dates
🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo4 dates
🇷🇴 Romania7 dates
🇷🇼 Rwanda5 dates
🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis4 dates
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia5 dates
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines4 dates
🇼🇸 Samoa4 dates
🇸🇲 San Marino6 dates
🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe2 dates
🇸🇳 Senegal4 dates
🇷🇸 Serbia4 dates
🇸🇨 Seychelles6 dates
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone5 dates
🇸🇬 Singapore2 dates
🇸🇰 Slovakia6 dates
🇸🇮 Slovenia4 dates
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands3 dates
🇿🇦 South Africa4 dates
🇰🇷 South Korea1 dates
🇸🇸 South Sudan6 dates
🇪🇸 Spain4 dates
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka2 dates
🇸🇩 Sudan1 dates
🇸🇷 Suriname4 dates
🇸🇪 Sweden8 dates
🇨🇭 Switzerland2 dates
🇸🇾 Syria1 dates
🇹🇿 Tanzania4 dates
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste5 dates
🇹🇬 Togo4 dates
🇹🇴 Tonga4 dates
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago6 dates
🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands4 dates
🇹🇻 Tuvalu5 dates
🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands2 dates
🇺🇬 Uganda4 dates
🇺🇦 Ukraine3 dates · 3 unconfirmed
🇬🇧 United Kingdom4 dates
🇺🇸 United States1 dates
🇺🇾 Uruguay2 dates
🇻🇺 Vanuatu4 dates
🇻🇦 Vatican City10 dates🇻🇪 Venezuela4 dates
🇿🇲 Zambia4 dates
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe4 dates
Related holiday identities
Identities are deduplicated even when a holiday carries several classifications.
Christmas Day176 dates · 172 countries
Good Friday118 dates · 118 countries
Easter Monday102 dates · 102 countries
Boxing Day58 dates · 49 countries
All Saints Day43 dates · 40 countries
Ascension Day39 dates · 39 countries
Easter Sunday33 dates · 33 countries
Epiphany21 dates · 21 countries
Second Day of Christmas18 dates · 18 countries
Corpus Christi17 dates · 17 countries
Maundy Thursday17 dates · 17 countries
Pentecost15 dates · 15 countries
Christmas Eve14 dates · 14 countries
All Souls Day13 dates · 13 countries
Saint Stephen's Day4 dates · 4 countries
Pentecost Monday3 dates · 3 countries
Easter2 dates · 1 countries
Christmas1 dates · 1 countries
What qualifies for this category
This page uses active Christian Holiday mappings and valid scoped equivalents. It distinguishes religious classification from civil status and does not assume that every feast is a public holiday.
Legal and geographic variation
Western and Eastern Christian calendars can place related observances on different dates. Countries also differ in which feasts receive national, regional or no statutory recognition.
Dates and confirmation
Easter is central to the Christian liturgical year and determines dates such as Good Friday, Ascension and Pentecost. Local worship and cultural practice vary across denominations and countries.
Workplace planning
Christmas and Easter periods can affect staffing, but legal closure depends on the local calendar. Less widely recognized feasts may require ordinary or religious leave.
Banking and payments
Some Christian dates overlap statutory bank holidays; others do not. Institution calendars determine operational effects.
Schools and institutions
Academic breaks often overlap Christmas or Easter without matching the religious dates exactly. Use the relevant education calendar for term dates.
Travel planning
Holy Week, Christmas and pilgrimage events can increase demand and change local services. Eastern and Western calendar differences should be checked when planning.
Frequently asked questions
Why does Easter change date?
Easter is calculated through an ecclesiastical calendar rule rather than fixed to one Gregorian date.
Do Eastern and Western Christians always share the same dates?
No. Calendar traditions can produce different dates for related observances.
Is every Christian feast a public holiday?
No. Civil recognition varies by country and region.