Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday is the Christian holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a movable feast in the Christian calendar, being dependent upon the date of Easter. Until recently it was a public holiday in Ireland, and was a bank holiday in the United Kingdom until 1967, when it was formally replaced by a fixed 'spring holiday' on the last Monday in May in 1971. It remains a public holiday in various Pacific nations which were formerly British colonies, such as the Solomon Islands. It gets its English name for following "Whitsun", the day that became one of the three baptismal seasons. The name "Whitsunday" is now generally attributed to the white garments formerly worn by the candidates for baptism on this feast. The Monday is also a holiday in France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Greece, Belgium, The Netherlands and several Scandinavian countries, there going under the name "Pentecôte" (fr), "Pinse" (no, da), "Pingst" (sv), "Pfingsten" (de) and "Pinksteren" (nl).

Date of Whit Monday

Western Christianity

• 2002: May 20
• 2003: June 9
• 2004: May 31
• 2005: May 16
• 2006: June 5
• 2007: May 28
• 2008: May 12
• 2009: June 1
• 2010: May 24

Eastern Christianity

• 2004: May 31
• 2005: June 20
• 2006: June 12
• 2007: May 28
• 2008: June 16
• 2009: June 8
• 2010: May 24
• 2011: June 13
• 2012: June 4

See also

• Official Time
• Pentecost

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