| International years |
YearOrganisation founderHoliday typeDescription 2026 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Volunteers for Sustainable Development 2025 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Glaciers' Preservation 2024 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Camelids 2024 Romanian Patriarchate The tribute year of pastoring and caring for the sick 2024 Romanian Patriarchate The commemorative year of all the Saints who heal without silver 2023 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Millets 2023 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Dialogue as a Guarantee of Peace 2023 Romanian Patriarchate Honorary year of pastoral care for the elderly 2023 Romanian Patriarchate Commemorative Year of Hymnographers and Church Singers (Psalters) 2023-2024 European Union European Year of Skills 2022 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022 Romanian Patriarchate The commemorative year of prayer in the life of the Church and the Christian 2022 Romanian Patriarchate The commemorative year of the Hesychast Saints Simeon the New Theologian, Grigorie Palama and Paisie from Neamț 2022 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Glass 2022 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development 2022 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development 2022 European Union European Year of Youth 2021 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour 2021 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Fruits and Vegetables 2021 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development 2021 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Peace and Trust 2021 Romanian Patriarchate The homage year of the pastoral care of Romanians outside Romania 2021 Romanian Patriarchate Commemorative year of those asleep in the God; the liturgical and cultural value of cemeteries 2021 European Union European Year of Rail 2020 World Health Organization UN official International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife 2020 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Plant Health 2020 Patriarchate of Antioch International Year of the Christian Family 2020 Romanian Patriarchate Solemn Year of Ministry to Parents and Children 2020 Romanian Patriarchate Commemorative Year of Romanian Orthodox Philanthropists 2019 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements 2019 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Moderation 2019 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019 Romanian Patriarchate Homage year of the Romanian village (of priests, teachers and household mayors) 2019 Romanian Patriarchate Commemorative Year of Patriarchs Nicodim Munteanu and Iustin Moisescu and Church Book Translators 2018 Romanian Patriarchate The Jubilee Year of Unity of Faith and Nation 2018 Romanian Patriarchate Commemorative Year of the 1918 Great Union Founders 2018 European Union European Year of Cultural Heritage 2017 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017 Romanian Patriarchate The Jubilee Year of the holy icons, of the iconographers and of the church painters 2017 Romanian Patriarchate The commemorative year of Justinian the Patriarch and the defenders of Orthodoxy during communism 2016 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Pulses 2016 Romanian Patriarchate The Jubilee Year of Religious Education for Orthodox Youth 2016 Romanian Patriarchate Commemorative Year of the Holy Hierarch and Martyr Antim of Iveria and of all the printing houses of the Church in the Romanian Patriarchate 2015 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Soils 2015 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies 2015 Romanian Patriarchate The Jubilee Year of the Mission of Parish and Monastery Today 2015 Romanian Patriarchate Commemorative Year of Saint John Chrysostom and of the great spiritual shepherds in the eparchies 2015 European Union European Year for Development 2014 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Family Farming 2014 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Crystallography 2014 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Small Island Developing States 2014 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 2014 Romanian Patriarchate The Jubilee Year of the Eucharist (of the Holy Confession and of the Holy Communion) 2014 Romanian Patriarchate Commemorative Year of the Martyr Saints of the Brancoveanu family 2013 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Quinoa 2013 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Water Cooperation 2013 Romanian Patriarchate The Jubilee Year of the Holy Emperors Constantine and Helena 2013 Romanian Patriarchate Dumitru Stăniloae commemorative year 2013 European Union European Year of Citizens 2012 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Sustainable Energy for All 2012 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Cooperatives 2012 Romanian Patriarchate The Jubilee Year of Holy Unction and of the care for the sick; 2012 European Union European Year for Active Ageing 2011 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Forests 2011 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Chemistry 2011 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year for People of African Descent 2011 Romanian Patriarchate The Jubilee Year of Holy Baptism and Holy Matrimony 2011 European Union European Year of Volunteering 2010 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of the Seafarer 2010 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Biodiversity 2010 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures 2010-2011 United Nations Organisation 12.08.2010-11.08.2011 UN official International Year of Youth 2010 Romanian Patriarchate The Jubilee Year of the Orthodox Creed and of Romanian Autocephaly 2010 European Union European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion 2009 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO and UNEP UN official Year of the Gorilla 2009 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Astronomy 2009 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Human Rights Learning 2009 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Natural Fibres 2009 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Reconciliation 2009 Romanian Patriarchate The Jubilee-Commemorative year of Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia 2009 European Union European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2008 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of the Potato 2008 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Sanitation 2008 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Languages 2008 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Planet Earth 2008 Romanian Patriarchate The Jubilee Year of the Holy Scripture and the Holy Liturgy 2008 European Union European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2007-2008 World Meteorological Organisation UN official International Polar Year 2007 European Union European Year of Equal Opportunities for All 2006 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Deserts and Desertification 2006 European Union European Year of Workers' Mobility 2005 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Physics 2005 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year for Sport and Physical Education 2005 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Microcredit 2005 European Union European Year of Citizenship through Education 2004 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Rice 2004 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition 2004 European Union European Year of Education through Sport 2003 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Freshwater 2003 United Nations Organisation UN official Year of Kyrgyz Statehood 2003 European Union European Year of People with Disabilities 2002 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Ecotourism 2002 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Mountains 2002 United Nations Organisation UN official United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage 2001 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance 2001 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Volunteers 2001 United Nations Organisation UN official United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations 2001 European Union European Year of Languages 2000 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year for the Culture of Peace 2000 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Thanksgiving 1999 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Older Persons 1999 European Union European Year of Action to Combat Violence Against Women 1998 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of the Ocean 1998 European Union European Year of Local and Regional Democracy 1997 European Union European Year against Racism and Xenophobia 1996 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year for the Eradication of Poverty 1996 European Union European Year of Lifelong Learning 1995 United Nations Organisation UN official World Year of Peoples’ Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War 1995 United Nations Organisation UN official United Nations Year for Tolerance 1995 European Union European Year of Road Safety and Young Drivers 1994 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal 1994 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of the Family 1994 European Union European Year of Nutrition and Health 1993 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year for the World's Indigenous People 1993 European Union European Year of the Elderly and of Solidarity between Generations 1992 United Nations Organisation UN official International Space Year 1992 European Union European Year of Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work 1990 United Nations Organisation UN official International Literacy Year 1990 European Union European Year of Tourism 1989 European Union European Year of Information on Cancer 1988 European Union European Year of Cinema and Television 1987 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Shelter for The Homeless 1987 European Union European Year of the Environment 1986 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Peace 1986 European Union European Year of Road Safety 1985 United Nations Organisation UN official International Youth Year: Participation, Development, Peace 1985 United Nations Organisation UN official Year of the United Nations 1985 European Union European Year of Music 1984 European Union European Year for a People's Europe 1983 United Nations Organisation UN official World Communications Year; Development of Communication Infrastructures 1983 European Union European Year of SMEs and the Craft Industry 1982 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of Mobilization for Sanctions Against South Africa 1981 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year for Disabled Persons 1979 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year of The Child 1978-1979 United Nations Organisation UN official International Anti-Apartheid Year 1975 United Nations Organisation UN official International Women's Year 1974 United Nations Organisation UN official World Population Year 1971 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Prejudice 1970 United Nations Organisation UN official International Education Year 1968 United Nations Organisation UN official International Year for Human Rights 1967 United Nations Organisation UN official International Tourist Year 1965 United Nations Organisation UN official International Cooperation Year 1961 United Nations Organisation UN official International Health and Medical Research Year 1959-1960 United Nations Organisation UN official World Refugee Year 1957-1958 01.07.1957-31.12.1958 International Geophysical Year 1932-1933 World Meteorological Organisation UN official International Polar Year 1882-1883 Karl Weyprecht International Polar Year |
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