The following is a list of public holidays in

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Legal holidays and remembrance days

Non-working legal holidays and remembrance days

Per Armenian law, 12 days are declared as non-working days. Non-working days include:

Other legal holidays

The following days are mentioned in relevant laws, but are not specified as non-working days: Other traditional, international and professional holidays, as well as religious holidays, can also be celebrated in Armenia. National minorities can also celebrate their national holidays.

Reshuffling by government

The

Government of Armenia A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, Executive (government), e ...

is allowed to swap working and non-working days. It usually makes use of this e.g. declaring

Easter Monday Easter Monday refers to the day after Easter Sunday in either the Eastern or Western Christian traditions. It is a public holiday in some countries. It is the second day of Eastertide. In Western Christianity, it marks the second day of the Octa ...

(calculated according to

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, and in general not always coinciding with Orthodox or Western Easter day calculations) non-working, while a proximate Saturday becomes a working day instead.

Other memorable days

On the fourth Sunday before 15 August (Dormition/Assumption), a special celebration called ''

Vardavar Vardavar or Vartavar ( hy, Վարդավառ, Homshetsi: ''Vartevor'' or ''Behur'')) is an Armenian festival in Armenia where people drench each other with water. Origin Vardavar's history dates back to pagan times. The ancient festival is trad ...

'' (Վարդավար) takes place, where anyone is free to soak others with water from spray guns, hoses or even buckets.

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