All U.S. government holidays are celebrated in Puerto Rico. Additionally, there are nine local holidays, which usually honor important leaders or events in the island's history. Government offices, banks, the post office and most stores are closed on the official holidays.
January 1 Año Nuevo (New Year's Day)
January 6 Día de los Tres Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day)
January 12 Conmemoracióon del Natalicio de Eugenio María de Hostos (Eugenio María de Hostos Birthday) (second Monday in January)
January 19 Conmemoración del Natalicio de Martin Luther King, Jr. (Martin Luther King Birthday) (third Monday in January)
February 14 Día de San Valentín (Valentine's Day)
February 16 Día de los Presidentes (Presidents' Day) (third Monday in February)
March 22 Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud (Emancipation Day)
April 10 Viernes Santo (Good Friday)
April 12 Domingo de la Resurrección (Easter)
April 20 Conmemoración del Natalicio de José de Diego (José de Diego Birthday) (third Monday in April)
May 10 Día de las Madres (Mother's Day) (second Sunday in May)
May 25 Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
June 21 Día de los Padres (Father's Day) (third Sunday in June)
July 4 Día de la Independencia de Estados Unidos (Independence Day)
July 20 Conmemoración del Natalicio de Luis Muñoz Rivera (Luis Muñoz Rivera's Birthday) (third Monday in July)
July 25 Conmemoración del Estado Libre Asociado (Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)
July 27 Conmemoración del Natalicio de José Celso Barbosa (José Celso Barbosa Birthday)
September 7 Día del Trabajo (Labor Day) (first Monday in September)
October 12 Descubrimiento de América (Columbus Day)
November 11 Día del Veterano (Veteran's Day)
November 19 Día del Descubrimiento de Puerto Rico (Discovery of Puerto Rico Day)
November 26 Día de Acción de Gracias (Thanksgiving Day) (fourth Thursday in November)
December 25 Navidad (Christmas Day)
Current Location and Address
Puerto Rico, San Juan - East Mission
Puerto Rico, San Juan - Mission
Adjuntas, PR 00601
Mark 1:4 and 9
4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
Christ was not baptized for the remission of sins because he had none. But, as Nephi recounts, he was baptized for the following reasons:
(1) As a token of humility before the Father;
(2) As a covenant that he would keep the commandments;
(3) As a prelude to receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost;
(4) To gain entrance to and be saved in the kingdom of God, for no one, not even the Son of God, can so obtain without baptism; and
(5) As a pattern and an example for all men, and so that he could say: “Follow thou me” and also, “He that is baptized in my name, to him will the Father give the Holy Ghost, like unto me; wherefore, follow me, and do the things which ye have seen me do.” (See 2 Ne. 31:5–12.)
Bruce R. McConkie, “A Man Called John,” New Era, May 1984, 4
Monday, July 20, 2009
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