Summer in Lithuania

Summer in LithuaniaSummer in LithuaniaSummer in LithuaniaSummer in Lithuania

By Ieva and PovilasBy Ieva and Povilas

20122012

SilavotasSilavotas

Summer starts on 1 June and it ends on 31 August.

Months - mėnesiai• June - Birželis• July - Liepa• August - Rugpjūtis

Celebration in summer• Father’s Day • St. John’s Day• Lithuania's National Day • Assumption

Father’s DayFather’s Day is celebrated on the

First Sunday in June. Children congratulate their dads.

Father’s Day

St. John’s Day

St. John’s Day

St. John’s Day is celebrated in June 24th. Young people gather grasses with which they predicte their future. Girls also wear wreaths and later set them afloat on rivers and lakes to find out if they would marry or not in the following year. Unmarried young men and women sing, dance and jump over the remains of the bonfire until daybreak.

Lithuania’s National Day

Lithuania’s National Day is celebrated in July 6th. Mindaugas was our first and the only king and July 6th is his coronation day.

Assumption Assumption Day is celebrated in

August 15th. It is Blessed Virgin Mary` of the Assumption holiday. Churches bless the new harvest crop, grasslands, flower bouquets.

PalangaPalanga is our health-resort. It is

near the Baltic sea.

Lithuania in summer