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Name days in the Czech Republic. In the Czech Republic, each day of the year, except national holidays, corresponds to a personal name. People celebrate their name day ("svátek"—or more formally "jmeniny", but that term isn't usually used) on the date corresponding to their own given name. In the past, parents were not allowed to choose just ...
1 January. Restoration Day of the Independent Czech State, New Year's Day. Den obnovy samostatného českého státu; Nový rok. Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia . closed. Two days before Easter. Good Friday. Velký pátek. Good Friday has been a public holiday since 2016.
Later, the festival was historicized by symbolic connection with the desert sojourn of exodus (Lev. 23:42–43). [5] The narratives of the exodus trek do not describe the Israelites building booths, [ 9 ] [ 6 ] : 18 but they indicate that most of the trek was spent encamped at oases rather than traveling, and "sukkot" roofed with palm branches ...
International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries [ 1] and often referred to as May Day, [ 2][ 3] is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs every year on 1 May, [ 4][ 5] or the first Monday in May. [ 6][ 7] Traditionally, 1 May is the date of the ...
Saint Nicholas Day. Saint Nicholas Day, also called the Feast of Saint Nicholas, observed on 6 December (and/or its eve on 5 December) in Western Christian countries, and on 19 December in Eastern Christian countries using the old church Calendar, is the feast day of Saint Nicholas of Myra; it falls within the season of Advent. [ 3]
Chuseok (Korean: 추석; Hanja: 秋夕; [tɕʰu.sʌk̚], lit. ' autumn evening '), also known as Hangawi (한가위; [han.ɡa.ɥi]; from Old Korean, "the great middle [of autumn]"), is a major mid-autumn harvest festival and a three-day holiday in South Korea celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar on the full moon.
Witchboard III: The Possession. Witchboard III: The Possession (released in some territories as Witchboard: The Possession) [3] is a 1995 Canadian horror film directed by Peter Svatek and starring David Nerman, Elizabeth Lambert, Cedric Smith, Donna Sarrasin, and Danette MacKay. It is the second sequel to the film Witchboard (1986), following ...
Bleeders (also known as Hemoglobin) is a 1997 Canadian horror film directed by Peter Svatek and based upon H. P. Lovecraft 's story "The Lurking Fear". It premiered at the Fantastisk Film Festival Lund in Sweden on September 14, 1997, and was released direct to video the following year. [1] It is the last original script written by Dan O'Bannon ...