Public holidays in Serbia
The public holidays in Serbia are defined by the Law of national and other holidays in the Republic of Serbia.
Public holidays
Public Holidays | ||||
Date | Name | Serbian name (Cyrillic) | Serbian name (Latin) | Remarks |
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1 January1 | New Year's Day | Нова Година | Nova Godina | |
2 January1 | ||||
7 January | Christmas Day | Божић | Božić | Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar |
15 February 1 | Statehood Day | Дан државности (Сретење) | Dan državnosti (Sretenje) | Anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising and Serbian Revolution in 1804 and the first Constitution in 1835. |
16 February 1 | ||||
moveable Easter – 2 days | Great Friday | Велики петак | Veliki petak | Serbian Orthodox Church calculates Easter using Orthodox Computus |
moveable Easter + 1 day | Easter Monday | Васкрсни понедељак (Ускрсни понедељак) | Vaskrsni ponedeljak (Uskrsni ponedeljak) | |
1 May 1 | Labour Day | Празник рада | Praznik rada | |
2 May 1 | ||||
11 November 1 | Armistice Day | Дан примирја | Dan primirja |
1 If one of the non-religious holidays falls on a Sunday, then the next working day is a non-working day.
Religious holidays
Additionally, the employees of Christian, Muslim and Jewish religion are allowed not to work on some of their religious holidays.
Religious holidays | ||||
Serbian Orthodox Christians | ||||
Date | Name | Serbian name (Cyrillic) | Serbian name (Latin) | Remarks |
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varies | Krsna slava | Крсна слава | Krsna slava | Family patron saint |
Western Christians & Revised Julian calendar Eastern Orthodox Christians | ||||
Date | Name | Serbian name (Cyrillic) | Serbian name (Latin) | Remarks |
December 25 | Christmas Day | Божић | Božić | |
Western Christians | ||||
Date | Name | Serbian name (Cyrillic) | Serbian name (Latin) | Remarks |
varies | Good Friday | Велики петак | Veliki petak | |
varies | Easter Monday | Ускрсни понедељак | Uskrsni ponedeljak | |
Muslims | ||||
Date | Name | Serbian name (Cyrillic) | Serbian name (Latin) | Remarks |
1 Shawwal | Eid al-Fitr | Рамазански Бајрам | Ramazanski Bajram | |
10 Dhu al-Hijjah | Eid al-Adha | Курбански Бајрам | Kurbanski Bajram | |
Jews | ||||
Date | Name | Serbian name (Cyrillic) | Serbian name (Latin) | Remarks |
10 Tishrei | Yom Kippur | Јом Кипур | Jom Kipur |
Working holidays
Some holidays are defined by the law as working holidays, hence they are not bank holidays, but they are observed by the state and people.
Working holidays | |||||
Date | Name | Serbian name (Cyrillic) | Serbian name (Latin) | Remarks | |
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27 January | Saint Sava Day | Савиндан | Savindan | Serbian schools holiday; Saint Sava is patron saint of the Serbian schools. According to Julian calendar (in the Gregorian calendar it's observed on 14 January). | |
22 April | Holocaust, Genocide and other Fascist Crimes Victims of the World War II Remembrance Day | Дан сећања на жртве холокауста, геноцида и других жртава фашизма у Другом светском рату | Dan sećanja na žrtve holokausta, genocida i drugih žrtava fašizma u Drugom svetskom ratu | Remembrance on the prisoner breakout from Jasenovac concentration camp. | |
9 May | Victory Day | Дан победе | Dan pobede | Remembrance on the end of World War II in Europe. | |
28 June | Vidovdan (Saint Vitus Day) | Видовдан | Vidovdan | Remembrance on the Battle of Kosovo. According to Julian calendar (in the Gregorian calendar it's observed on 15 June). | |
15 September | Day of Serb Unity, Freedom and the National Flag | Дан српског јединства, слободе и националне заставе | Dan srpskog jedinstva, slobode i nacionalne zastave | Remembrance on the breakthrough of the Macedonian Front in World War I. | |
21 October | World War II Serbian Victims Remembrance Day | Дан сећања на српске жртве у Другом светском рату | Dan sećanja na srpske žrtve u Drugom svetskom ratu | Remembrance on the Kragujevac massacre. |
See also
References
- Закон о државним и другим празницима у Републици Србији [Law of the national and other holidays in the Republic of Serbia]. Issues 43/2001, 101/2007, 92/2011 (in Serbian). Службени гласник РС. 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
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