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
1 January1New Year's Day Нова Година Nova Godina
2 January1
7 JanuaryChristmas DayБожићBožićSerbian Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar
15 February 1National DayДан државности СрбијеDan državnosti SrbijeAnniversary of the First Serbian Uprising and Serbian Revolution in 1804 and the first modern Serbian Constitution in 1835
16 February 1
moveable
Easter – 2 days		Great FridayВелики петакVeliki petakSerbian Orthodox Church calculates Easter using Orthodox Computus
moveable
Easter + 1 day		Easter MondayВаскрсни понедељак (Ускрсни понедељак)Vaskrsni ponedeljak (Uskrsni ponedeljak)
1 May 1Labour DayПразник радаPraznik rada
2 May 1
11 November 1Armistice DayДан примирјаDan 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
variesKrsna slavaКрсна слава Krsna slavaPatron saint of the family - varies among families
Western Christians & Revised Julian calendar Eastern Orthodox Christians
Date Name Serbian name (Cyrillic) Serbian name (Latin) Remarks
December 25Christmas DayБожићBožić
Western Christians
Date Name Serbian name (Cyrillic) Serbian name (Latin) Remarks
variesGood FridayВелики петакVeliki petak
variesEaster MondayУскрсни понедељакUskrsni ponedeljak
Muslims
Date Name Serbian name (Cyrillic) Serbian name (Latin) Remarks
1 ShawwalEid al-FitrРамазански БајрамRamazanski BajramEnd of Ramadan
10 Dhu al-HijjahEid al-AdhaКурбански БајрамKurbanski Bajram
Jews
Date Name Serbian name (Cyrillic) Serbian name (Latin) Remarks
10 TishreiYom KippurЈом КипурJom 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
27 JanuarySaint Sava DayСвети Сава (Савиндан)Sveti Sava (Savindan)According to Julian calendar. Patron saint of the Serbian schools. In the Gregorian calendar it's observed on 14 January
22 AprilNational Holocaust, World War II Genocide and other Fascist Crimes Victims Remembrance DayДан сећања на жртве холокауста, геноцида и других жртава фашизма у Другом светском ратуDan sećanja na žrtve holokausta, genocida i drugih žrtava fašizma u Drugom svetskom ratuHolocaust, genocide and World War II victims remembrance day
The anniversary of the prisoner breakout from Jasenovac concentration camp
9 MayVictory DayДан победеDan pobedeVictory day over Fascism.
28 JuneVidovdan (Saint Vitus Day)ВидовданVidovdanAccording to Julian calendar. Remembrance on the Battle of Kosovo. 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
21 OctoberWorld War II Serbian Victims Remembrance DayДан сећања на српске жртве у Другом светском ратуDan sećanja na srpske žrtve u Drugom svetskom ratuRemembrance on the Kragujevac massacre and National World War II victims remembrance day

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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