KansalaisuuskurssiGlossary · Chapter 3: Culture and traditions
kirkollinen juhlapäivä
Finnish word. In English: church holiday
A holiday listed in the Church Act, for example Christmas Day, Good Friday or Ascension Day.
Facts about the word
- The church holidays are Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Epiphany, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Whitsun, Midsummer Day and All Saints' Day. Kirkkolaki 652/2023
- If you are on annual leave, under the Annual Holidays Act church holidays do not use up your leave days. Vuosilomalaki 162/2005
- On Ascension Day people remember Jesus' ascension to heaven, 39 days after Easter Sunday. Wikipedia: Helatorstai
The facts come from public sources, such as the authorities' own pages and the law.
Try the word in a sentence
Only one of the sentences uses the word correctly. Which one?
Good Friday is on the Church Act's list. May Day is not, and a holiday is not a building.
The word belongs to Chapter 3: Culture and traditions. The chapter page has the full context and practice questions.
