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Public Holiday
Nationwide
Feast of Saint Joseph
Thursday, March 19, 2026
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🏪 What's open
- Banks Closed
- Government offices Closed
- Schools Closed
- Shops Mostly closed
- Restaurants Reduced
- Public transit Reduced
- Stock market Closed
- Post office Closed
🛋️ Long weekend potential
4-Day Block
THU
19
Holiday
FRI
20
Bridge Day
SAT
21
Weekend
SUN
22
Weekend
4-day weekend with a bridge day on March 20
📣 Traveler notes
Malta is a European island nation in the Mediterranean Sea, located between Sicily and North Africa.
- Freedom Day: March 31 (historically observed)
- Sette Giugno: June 7 (historically observed)
- Feast of Our Lady of Victories: September 8 (historically observed)
- Independence Day: September 21 (commemorating independence from the UK in 1964)
- Republic Day: December 13 (historically observed)
About this holiday
The Feast of Saint Joseph, observed on March 19th, celebrates Saint Joseph (Virgin Mary's husband and Jesus' legal father). It is a solemnity in the Catholic Church and a feast commemoration in Anglican and Lutheran traditions. Several groups, including carpenters and individuals named Joseph, recognize it as their patronal feast. Some Catholic countries (e.g., Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Italy) observe this day as Father's Day, but it is not a Catholic holy day of obligation in the United States.