Dates to note.

June 5. Liberation Day--Seychelles. Constitution Day--Denmark, Faroe Islands Faroe Islands
or Faeroe Islands

Group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean that form a self-governing region of Denmark. Area: 540 sq mi (1,399 sq km). Population: (2002 est.) 47,400. . World Environment Day.

June 6. Sweden's Flag Day.

June 7. Pentecost (Eastern Christianity “Orthodox church” redirects here. For the building, see Orthodox church (building).
Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christian traditions and churches which developed in Greece , Serbia , Romania , Bulgaria, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, the ). Name day of Valeri, Valeria. Fete des Meres (2009, France, Madagascar)

June 8. Whit Monday Whit Monday n → lunes m de Pentecostés

Whit Monday n → le lundi de Pentecôte

Whit Monday n → / Pentecost Monday (2009, Eastern Christianity). World Ocean Day. Dragon Boat Festival For the same festival in other East Asian cultures, see .

Dragon Boat Festival (端午節, Duānwǔ Jié), Duanwu Festival or Tuen Ng Festival Day.

June 10. National Day--Portugal.

June 11. Vartolomei (Saint Bartholomew's St. Bartholomew’s can refer to:

St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
St Bartholomew's Hospital in the City of London
St. Bartholomew's School in Newbury, Berkshire, England
Covenham St Bartholomew, a village in Lincolnshire, England

Churches

Day). The feast is called Vartolomey or Varti-Lomi (associating storm and hail). On this day, the feast of the apostles Bartholomew and Varnava (Barnabas) is celebrated. Vartolomei is celebrated as the second of the four hail men--the brothers German, Vartolomei, Lisseh and Vido. People respect this day so as to prevent hail from falling during the summer and so there are no snow storms in winter. According to tradition, St Bartholomew is the lord of the heavenly elements --hail and thunder.

National Day--Libya. Corpus Christi (2009).

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