Saint Patrick's Day in Moscow. The unofficial parade is held by volunteers and resembles a carnival. In 2014, Moscow Irish Week was celebrated from 12 to 23 March, which includes St Patrick's Day on 17 March. Over 70 events celebrating Irish culture in Moscow, St Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Voronezh, and Volgograd were sponsored by the Irish Embassy, the Moscow City Government, and other organisations. In 2017, the Russian Orthodox Church added the feast day of Saint Patrick to its liturgical calendar, to be celebrated on . Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a large Irish expatriate community. The community established the
Republic Day and the first meeting of the Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia on 2 August 1944. The day is also celebrated as St. Elijahs Day, or "Ilinden". The Democratic People's Republic of Korea was founded on 9 September 1948 following its release from Soviet occupation and a provisional government. The national holiday is known locally as the Day of the Foundation of the Republic ("Korean": 인민정권 창건일) and is celebrated annually. Trinidad and Tobago officially became a republic on 1 August 1976. Republic Day is celebrated on 24 September every year because that is when the first parliament