Father's Day in Croatia
Father's Day in Croatia is held on March 19. Celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day. This event in the second decade of the month March is annual. Help us
St. Joseph, the carpenter of Galilee, the fiancé of Mary and Jesus' and the foster parent, the head of the Holy Family. By the decision of the Croatian Parliament of 1687, he was proclaimed the patron saint of the Croatian people. Papal decision "Quemadmodum deus" Pia IX. On December 8, 1870, he was proclaimed the patron saint of the universal Catholic Church (Lat. Protector Sanctae Ecclesiae, the patron saint of the Holy Church). St. Joseph is also the patron saint of the Second Vatican Council, and since 2013 the Vatican.
Father's Day is celebrated on March 19 in Croatia and in several other European countries such as Liechtenstein and Italy. This date in Croatia was chosen because of the holiday of St. Joseph, father of Jesus.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Engineer's Day in Croatia on March 2 (is celebrated on 2 March as a tribute to the date in 1878 on which first associatian of engineers was established in Croatia);
International Sculpture Day on April 27 (Held on the last Saturday of April);
May Crownings or the Virgin Mary Month on May 1 (Catholic Church tradition);
Parliament Day in Croatia on May 30 (Statehood Day);