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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.

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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.

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