Public holidays · 2024
Saint John the Baptist falls on Monday, 24 June 2024 in Spain in 2024.
A public holiday in some regions of Spain only: Cataluña, Valenciana.
In 2024 it falls on a Monday, a working day.
Fixed date: it is on the same day of the year every year (24 Jun).
Saturday and Sunday · A public holiday does not always close every business. Essential services, shops and some industries keep working, and pay rules differ by country and contract.
Saint John the Baptist, the prophet who baptised Jesus in the Jordan, is remembered on several dates. The main feast is the Nativity of John the Baptist on 24 June, six months before Christmas, because the Gospel of Luke says Elizabeth was six months pregnant when the angel spoke to Mary. In the Orthodox Church the Synaxis, or gathering, of John the Forerunner on 7 January honours the man who baptised Jesus on the previous day, Theophany. The Orthodox also keep the Nativity on 24 June, and the Beheading of John on 29 August.
In Romania, 7 January is Sfântul Ion, a public holiday and a major name day, since Ion, Ioan, Ioana and related names are among the commonest in the country. The 24 June feast is a holiday in Catalonia, where the eve, the Revetlla de Sant Joan, brings bonfires, fireworks and coca, a sweet flatbread, and in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, where it coincides with Midsummer. The June date is linked to Midsummer customs elsewhere, though in Finland and Sweden Midsummer is kept on a weekend day between 19 and 26 June.
Cataluña, Valenciana
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A public holiday in some regions of Spain only: Cataluña, Valenciana.
Monday, 24 June 2024.