Holiday 11 annual holidays on dates determined using the Bahá'í calendar. Jews have two holiday seasons: the Spring Feasts of Pesach (Passover) and Shavuot (Weeks, called Pentecost in Greek); and the Fall Feasts of Rosh Hashanah (Head of the Year), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), Sukkot (Tabernacles), and Shemini Atzeret (Eighth Day of Assembly). See for complete listings of holidays associated with particular religions. Holiday A holiday is a day set aside by custom or by law on which normal activities, especially business or work including school, are suspended or reduced. Generally, holidays are intended to allow individuals to celebrate or
Defender of the Motherland Day Defender of the Motherland Day Defender of the Motherland Day (; ) also known as Uzbek Army Day is a holiday observed in Uzbekistan. It is celebrated on 14 January.It is the official professional holiday of the Uzbek Armed Forces. On 14 January 1992, the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan was established. This was considered to be the official holiday of the Armed Forces. Before this, Uzbekistan as part of the Soviet Union recognized Soviet Army and Navy Day as the armed forces official holiday. Following the fall of the USSR, some former republics of the Soviet Union