In several countries, including Germany, Botswana and Australia, both Easter Friday and Easter Monday are given as a public holiday. The Danes and inhabitants of the Faroe Islands even have Maundy Thursday off, giving them a five day national break. In most Central and Southern American countries, which have large Catholic populations, the days before Easter - Good Friday and sometimes also the Thursday - are a public holiday rather than the Monday. For example, this is the case with Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Argentina, among others.
In the Armenian Apostolic Church, Easter Monday is known as a “Merelots”, which is a Remembrance Day of the Dead. Five Merelots take place a year in Armenia, in each case the day after a significant date of the religious calendar: after Christmas, Easter, the Feast of the Transfiguration, the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary and the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
In several countries in northern and central Europe, Easter Monday has its own traditions. For example, according to the U.S. embassy in the Czech Republic, one custom involves boys braiding willow branches and decorating them with colorful ribbons, before using them to "gently switch" their female friends as a symbol of luck and renewal.

по_моему, в Беларуси тоже выходной, до и Украина переходит на новый календарь
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