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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Armenia

The list of Armenia bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2010, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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09 Jul 2010 (Armenian News Agency-Yerevan) The government of Armenia has declared Monday, July 12, 2010, as a one-off public holiday on account of the Armenian religious festival of Vardavar (Transfiguration of Jesus Christ). • 05 Dec 2009 (Armenian News Agency-ARMENPRESS) Armenian Culture Minister, Hasmik Poghosyan, has announced that the government of Armenia had decided to amend the "Law on Armenian Holidays and Memory Days", adding 7 non-working public holidays, around the time of Christmas. • 11 Dec 2008 (ArmInfo News Agency-Yerevan) Armenian Prime Minister, Tigran Sar, has asked the cabinet to declare Orthodox Christmas Eve, Monday, January 5th, 2009, as a one-off bridge public holiday between the weekend and the January 6th, annual public holiday. • 26 Jun 2008 (ArmInfo News Agency-Yerevan) Late last night, Armenian Prime Minister, Tigran Sargsyan, announced that Monday, June 30, 2008, the day after the Armenian religious festival of Vardavar (The Transfiguration of Jesus Christ), had been declared a one-off public holiday. • 23 Nov 2007 (Armtown) The Armenian government has announced that Thursday and Friday, January 3 and 4, 2008 would be additional public holidays. • 09 Nov 2007 (Panarmenian Network) Armenia will hold its next presidential elections on Tuesday, February 19, 2008, and that that day will be declared a public holiday. In addition, Monday, February 18, 2008, was declared a non-working day in educational institutions all over Armenia. • 06 Feb 2006 (Republic of Armenia-Prime Minister's Office) Armenia's Prime Minister, Andranik Margaryan, has announced that the Day of the Mother Language annual commemorative day would be observed as an official public holiday this year. •  • 04 Mar 2005 (Pan Armenian News) As International Women's Day 2005 falls on a Tuesday, the Armenian government has declared Monday, March 7, 2005, a non-working bridge public holiday. • 27 Apr 2001 (ITAR-TASS-Moscow) The Armenian Parliament has voted to restore 2 annual public holidays that were dropped in 1990, when Armenia gained its independence. • 19 Feb 2001 (SNARK News Agency-Yerevan) The Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD) has called for February 18 to be declared an annual official state public holiday in Armenia. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Armenia public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Constitution Day: This public holiday was set forth by article 117 of the first version of the constitution of the Republic of Armenia. • Weekends: are Saturdays and Sundays. • Republic Day (may 28) is also known as First Republic Day, and commemorates the day when Armenian statehood was restored in 1918, but it is not Armenia's national day, which is Independence Day, celebrated on September 21, the date when a referendum was held in 1991 on the republic’s independence . • Elections: According to Part 3 of Article 88 of Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia, the day of an election is declared a day-off (ie. public holiday, or non-working day). • Easter is celebrated but there are no public holidays based on the date of Easter. • The following are observances but are not public holidays (ie. not days off): • February 21: Mother Language Day • April 7: Mothers' and Beauty Day • May 8: People’s Volunteer Corps Day • June 1: Children’s Defense Day • Vardavar (The Transfiguration): 98 days after Easter, always a Sunday, but an additional day is sometimes given on the following Monday. • September 1: Knowledge Day • The first Sunday of October: Teachers’ Day • The second Saturday of October: Holy Translators’ Day • December 7: Memorial day of the victims of the Earthquake • Saint Vardanants Day: 8 weeks before the Easter, on Thursday. • Armenian Christmas is celebrated on January 6th around the world, except in Jerusalem - where the church continues to use the old calendar (ie. January 6 of the Orthodox calendar). • Armenia International Codes AM and ARM (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .am (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Armenia information and news: Central Bank of Armenia (Armenia central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Armenia maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Armenia), and Wikipedia (includes Armenia commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Armenia, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Armenia, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Armenia. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2010 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Armenia, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Armenia, before planning any trip to Armenia. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.