The festivity of Holy Week is traditionally determined by the lunar phases of spring, and is installed on the calendar with the arrival of the first full moon of the season. Depending on the year, it usually falls between March and April, although in all of them it begins with Palm Sunday, the first of nine religious holidays.
Easter holidays 2022
Easter season this year 2022 corresponds to week from 10 to 18 April of the same month. The days marked in the working calendar are April 14 and 15, Good Thursday and Good Friday, which correspond to public holidays. Even if there are communities where Easter Monday will also be a holiday.
The Holy thursday, equivalent to April 14, is established as a public holiday in all autonomous communities except Catalonia; and the Good FridayGlory Saturday and Resurrection Sunday, April 15, 16 and 17, is a national holiday in all communities without exception.
Where is April 18, Easter Monday, a public holiday?
The festival on this day varies according to the autonomous communityas each location has the ability to decide how long its holiday period is.
The Valencian Community, Catalonia, Balearic Islands, La Rioja, Navarre and the Basque Country They are the only ones in the entire national territory to include Monday 18 April as a working holiday. In all others it will be considered a school day.
More company news
What is celebrated on Easter Monday?
Although not commemorated throughout the country, this last day of Holy Week is celebrated in Catalonia with the traditional Mona de Pascuawhich is consumed as a symbol of the end of abstinence during Lent.
