Easter Monday

Easter Monday is a Christian holiday celebrated the next day after Easter Sunday. Formerly, it was celebrated as Easter Week, but was reduced to a one day celebration in the 19th century. Celebration events include egg rolling competitions and dousing other people with water which, at one time, was holy water used to bless the house and food. See Dyngus Day (Wet Monday) for details on how this is celebrated in some Central European countries.

Related Topics:
Christian - Holiday - Easter Sunday - 19th century - Egg rolling - Holy water - Bless - Dyngus Day

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Easter Monday is an official holiday in the following countries:

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• Albania
• Andorra
• Anguilla
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Aruba
• Australia
• Austria
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belarus (Julian Calendar)
• Belgium
• Belize
• Benin
• Botswana
• British Virgin Islands
• Bulgaria (Julian Calendar)
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Canada (general holiday in Québec, loosely observed elsewhere)
• Cape Verde Islands
• Cayman Islands
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Chile
• Cook Islands
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Croatia
• Czech Republic (Pomlázka)
• Denmark
• Dominica
• Equatorial Guinea
• Faroe Islands
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• French Guiana
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Germany
• Ghana
• Gibraltar
• Greece
• Greenland
• Grenada
• Guadeloupe
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guyana
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Isle of Man
• Italy
• Jamaica
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malawi
• Martinique
• Moldova (Julian Calendar)
• Monaco
• Montserrat
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Netherlands
• Netherlands Antilles
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Niue
• Norway
• Papua New Guinea
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania (Julian Calendar)
• Rwanda
• Senegal
• Serbia and Montenegro (Julian Calendar)
• Seychelles
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Solomon Islands
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• St. Kitts and Nevis
• St. Lucia
• St. Pierre and Miquelon
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines
• Suriname
• Swaziland
• Switzerland
• Tanzania
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• United Kingdom (except Scotland)
• U.S. Virgin Islands
• Vanuatu
• Western Samoa
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Easter Monday is also celebrated in the one U.S. state of North Carolina.

Related Topics:
U.S. - North Carolina

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See also: Easter, Good Friday

Related Topics:
Easter - Good Friday

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