March 25 - Holidays

Holidays

• Anniversary of the Arengo and the Feast of the Militants (San Marino)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Alfwold
  • Barontius and Desiderius
  • Dismas, the "Good Thief"
  • Humbert of Maroilles
  • March 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Earliest day on which Seward's Day can fall, while March 31 is the latest; celebrated on the last Monday in March. (Alaska)
• Freedom Day (Belarus)
• Hilaria (Roman Empire)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Greece from Ottoman Empire in 1821.
• Maryland Day (Maryland)
• Mother's Day (Slovenia)
• Struggle for Human Rights Day (Slovakia)
• The Annunciation (some churches move the observance if March 25 falls on a Sunday or during Holy Week) (Christianity), and its related observances:
  • Historic start of the new year (Lady Day) in England, Wales, Ireland, and the future United Statesuntil the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar in 1752. (The year 1751 began on 25 March; the year1752 began on 1 January.) It is one of the four Quarter days in Ireland and England.
  • Vårfrudagen or Våffeldagen, "Waffle Day" (Sweden)