PRIMARY VILNIUS ARCHDIOCESE CHURCH HOLIDAYS AND INDULGENCE FEASTS

St. Casimir – March 4th (Vilnius Cathedral)

Divine Mercy Week – a week after Easter Sunday (The Shrine of Divine Mercy)

Pentecost – seventh Sunday after Easter (Vilnius Calvary Discovery of the Holy Cross Church)

Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn Indulgence Feast – a week-long celebration in November, which falls on November 16th (Gate of Dawn).

Information about events taking place in the Archdiocese of Vilnius and other events which might interest pilgrims can be found on this page.

NATIONAL HOLIDAYS

January 1st – New Year
February 16th – Re-establishment of the State of Lithuania (Lithuanian Independence Day)
March 11th – Restoration of Independence of Lithuania
Easter
May 1st – International Labor Day
The first Sunday of May – Mother’s Day
The first Sunday of June – Father’s Day
June 24th – St. John’s Day or Midsummer Day (“Jonines”)
July 6th – Statehood Day (Coronation Day of Lithuania’s King Mindaugas)
August 15th – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (“Zoline”)
November 1st – All Saints’ Day (“Visu Sventuju diena”)
November 2nd – All Souls’ Day (“Velines”)
December 24th – Christmas Eve
December 25-26th – Christmas

Trijų kryžių kalnas. Vilnius, Lietuva