Armenia Public Holidays 2023

 
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Bank and Public Holidays for Armenia

A preview of the Armenia bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2023, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers.

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21 Mar 2019 Armenia Votes New April Holiday (Armenian News Agency-ARMENPRESS) The Armenian government has approved a bill amending the law on holidays and commemoration days, with the declaration of a new holiday, the Day of the Citizen of the Republic of Armenia. • 13 Jan 2019 Armenian 2019 Public Holidays Announced (Armenian News Agency-ARMENPRESS) The Government of Armenia has announced the annual list of official public holidays in Armenia for the calendar year 2019. • 04 Dec 2018 Armenian Year-End 2018-2019 Public Holidays Announced (Armenian News Agency-ARMENPRESS) The Government of Armenia has announced the dates of the official public holidays in Armenia for the end of the calendar year 2018 and beginning of the calendar year 2019. • 29 Nov 2018 Armenia Public Holiday December 7 (Armenian News Agency-ARMENPRESS) The Armenian government has decided to declare Friday, December 7, 2018, as a one-off non-working public holiday in the provinces off Shirak and Lori of Armenia. • 10 Oct 2018 Armenia October 11-12 Public Holidays Update (Armenian News Agency-ARMENPRESS) The Armenian government has announced that the recently-declared one-off public holidays on Thursday and Friday, October 11 and 12, 2018, on account of the upcoming Francophonie Summit would be compensated by declaring, as regular working days, Saturday, October 27, and Saturday, November 3, 2018. • 05 Oct 2018 Armenia Public Holidays October 11-12 (Armenian News Agency-ARMENPRESS) Earlier today, at an extraordinary sitting, the Armenian National Assembly approved, by a vote of 62-0 and one abstention, amendments to the Law on Holidays and Memory Days, declaring Thursday and Friday, October 11 and 12, 2018, as one-off non-working public holidays in Armenia on account of the upcoming Francophonie Summit. • 07 May 2018 Armenian Public Holiday May 8 (Armenian News Agency-ARMENPRESS) The leader of the Armenia's opposition, Nikol Pashinyan, slated to be nominated as Prime Minister, tomorrow, has announced that he would immediately declare Tuesday, May 8, 2018, as a one-off non-working public holiday throughout Armenia. • 12 Apr 2018 Armenia Public Holiday April 30 (Armenian News Agency-ARMENPRESS) The Armenian Government will soon announce that it had declared a one-off public holiday in Armenia on Monday, April 30, 2018, to link the Tuesday, May 1, 2018, annual Labor Day public holiday in Armenia, with the preceding weekend. • 05 Mar 2018 Armenian Public Holiday April 2 (Armenian News Agency-ARMENPRESS) The Government of Armenia has announced, once again, that Monday, April 2, 2018, would be a non-working public holiday in Armenia, on account of the upcoming "Day after the Holy Resurrection of Christ" (Merelotz). • 25 Jan 2018 Armenia Public Holidays March 8-9 (Armenian News Agency-ARMENPRESS) The Armenian government head of government administration, Vahhe Stepanyan, has announced that the Armenian government had declared a one-off public holiday in Armenia on Friday, March 9, 2018, to link the Thursday, March 8, 2018, annual Women's Day public holiday in Armenia, with the following weekend. • 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), UnitedHealthcare Global (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).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Armenia, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions.

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 2023 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 worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.

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