Malta is the country with the mostholidays in theEuropean Union. Since 2020, any holidays falling on Saturdays or Sundays add an extra day to the workers' leave pool, reverting to the pre 2005 system.[1]
The following is a list of feasts or special days celebrated in Malta. Note that, with the exception of the dates mentioned in the previous section, these feasts are not public holidays and on these days, business runs as usual across the Maltese islands. As Malta is largely Roman Catholic, most of these feasts celebrate Saints or events from the Holy Bible.
June is known by the Maltese as 'ix-xahar tad-dris, tal-ħġejjeġ, tal-Imnarja, u tal-Qalb ta' Ġesù' ('the month of reaping, bonfires, Saint Peter and Saint Paul, and the Sacred Heart of Jesus')
First Sunday of June: Saint Joseph ('San Ġużepp') inGħaxaq
2 June: Our Lady of Fatima ('Il-Madonna ta' Fatima') inPietà, Malta
9 June: Saint Jack
21 June: Christ the Redeemer ('Kristu Redentur') inSenglea
14 June: Corpus Christi inGħasri; Sacred Heart of Jesus ('Il-Qalb ta' Ġesù') inFontana, Gozo
21 June: Our Lady of Lily ('Il-Madonna tal-Ġilju') inMqabba; Saint Catherine ('Santa Katarina') inŻejtun; Saint John the Baptist ('San Ġwann Battista') inXewkija
22 June: Our Lady of Lourdes ('Il-Madonna ta' Lourdes') inQrendi
Third Sunday of June: Father's Day ('Jum il-Missier')
29 June: Saint Nicholas ('San Nikola') inSiġġiewi; Our Lady of Sacred Heart ('Il-Qalb Bla Tebgħa ta' Marija') inBurmarrad; Saint Peter and Saint Paul ('San Pietru u San Pawl: L-Imnarja') inMdina andNadur
Fourth/Last Sunday of June: Saint John ('San Ġwann'); Saint George ('San Ġorġ') inQormi
July is known by the Maltese as 'ix-xahar tal-Karmnu' ('Our Lady of Mount Carmel's month').
First Sunday of the month: Sacro Cuor ('Our Lady of the Sacred Heart') inSliema
5 July: The Visitation ('Il-Viżitazzjoni') inGħarb; Saint Paul ('San Pawl') inRabat; Our Lady of Sacred Heart ('Sacro Cuor') inSliema; Saint Andrew ('Sant' Andrija'): inLuqa; Our Lady of Lourdes ('Il-Madonna ta' Lourdes') inQrendi; Our Lady of Mount Carmel inFleur-de-Lys
September is known by the Maltese as 'ix-xahar tal-Vitorja, tal-Bambina, u tal-Grazzja' ('the month of Victory, the Nativity of Our Lady, and Our Lady of Graces').
