June observances

Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christian holiday that takes place on the 49th day (50th day when inclusive counting is used) after Easter. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles of Jesus, Mary, and other followers of the Christ, while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:1–31). Pentecost marks the "Birthday of the Church".

celebration honoring mothers

celebration honoring fathers

A solstice is the time when the Sun reaches its most northerly or southerly excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere. Two solstices occur annually, around 20–22 June and 20–22 December. In many countries, the seasons of the year are defined by reference to the solstices and the equinoxes.

United Nations day encouraging awareness and action for the environment

one of many public observances in honor of children

Franciscan saint, Doctor of the Church (1195–1231)

Christian religious holiday

designated date on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a nation

Catholic feast day, public holiday in some countries

astronomical phenomenon that occurs in December in Northern Hemisphere and in June in Southern Hemisphere

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Vesak (; Sanskrit: '), also known as Buddha Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, Visak Bochea and Buddha Day''', is a holiday traditionally observed by Buddhists in South Asia and Southeast Asia, as well as in Tibet and Mongolia. It is among the most important Buddhist festivals. The festival commemorates the birth, enlightenment (Pali: Nibbāna, Sanskrit: Nirvāṇa), and death (Parinirvāna) of Gautama Buddha in Theravada, Tibetan Buddhism, and Navayana.

observed June 20 each year, dedicated to raising awareness of the situation of refugees

international day celebrating yoga

Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday's name, first used in the 1890s, is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, referring to June 19, 1865, the day when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War.

annual music celebration

astronomical phenomenon that occurs in June in Northern Hemisphere and in December in Southern Hemisphere

Chinese festival

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day for celebrating friendship

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Midsummer or Midsommar ( ) is a celebration of the season of summer, taking place on or near the date of the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the longest day of the year. The name midsummer mainly refers to summer solstice festivals of European origin. These cultures traditionally regard it as the middle of summer, with the season beginning on May Day. Although the summer solstice falls on 20, 21 or 22 June in the Northern Hemisphere, it was traditionally reckoned to fall on 23–24 June in much of Europe. These dates were Christianized as Saint John's Eve and Saint John's Day. It is

Sabantuy is a Tatar, Idel-Uralian, Bashkir and Kazakh ('Sabantoy') summer festival, that dates back to the Volga Bulgarian epoch. At first Sabantuy was a festival of farmers in rural areas, but it later became a national holiday and now is widely celebrated in the cities. In 2012, Kazan Sabantuy was celebrated on June 23.

national holiday in Russian Federation

Christian holiday in the Western Church on the Sunday following Pentecost

title of Mary, the mother of Jesus, signifying her purity and freedom from sin

Hindu festival

International Day established to recognise the importance of milk as a global food

public holiday on June 6

Bloomsday (Irish: Lá Bloom) is a commemoration and celebration of the life of Irish writer James Joyce, observed annually in Dublin and elsewhere on 16 June. The day is named after Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses, the events of which take place on Thursday, 16 June 1904. Joyce chose to set his novel on this date as it was the date of his first sexual encounter with his wife-to-be, Nora Barnacle.

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Inca religious festival

international observance

Vidovdan () is a Serbian national and religious holiday, a slava (feast day) celebrated on 28 June (Gregorian calendar), or 15 June according to the Julian calendar. The Serbian Orthodox Church designates it as the memorial day to Saint Prince Lazar and the Serbian holy martyrs who fell during the Battle of Kosovo against the Ottoman Empire on 15 June 1389 (according to the Julian calendar). It is an important part of Serb ethnic and Serbian national identity.

United Nations International Day against drug abuse and the illegal drug trade

United Nations observance day, 17 June

Military ceremony in the British Army and other Commonwealth militaries

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national holiday in Italy

holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost

June commemorative month

Spiritual tradition

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one of several holidays dedicated to parents

pride celebration for autistics

holiday in Slovenia

international day observed annually on June 2

is celebrated every June 6

UN world day

a day dedicated to all inventors

national holiday in the Philippines

In Māori culture, Matariki is the Pleiades star cluster and a celebration of its first rising in late June or early July. The rising marks the beginning of the new year in the Māori lunar calendar.

commemorative day

an ancient Roman celebration held at the completion of various eras or on important anniversaries

Portugal National day

thumb|300px|Yerevan, 2011 Vardavar or Vartavar (, Homshetsi: Vartevor or Behur) is a festival in Armenia where people drench each other with water. It is included in the intangible cultural heritage list of Armenia.

roman Catholic martyrs in Poland during WWII

Engineers Day all over the world

day dedicated to the youths of a country