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) 2017 date 2018 date Remarks
January 11New Year's Day Нова Година Nova GodinaJanuary 1
January 21January 2
January 7Christmas DayБожићBožićJanuary 7Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar
February 151Statehood DayДан државности СрбијеDan državnosti SrbijeFebruary 15Anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804 and the first modern Serbian Constitution in 1835
February 161February 16
variesGood FridayВелики петакVeliki petakApril 14April 6Serbian Orthodox Church calculates Easter using Orthodox Computus
variesEasterВаскрс (Ускрс)Vaskrs (Uskrs)April 16April 8
variesEaster MondayВаскрсни (Ускрсни) понедељакVaskrsni (Uskrsni) ponedeljakApril 17April 9
May 11May Day / International Workers' DayПразник радаPraznik radaMay 1
May 21May 2
November 111Armistice DayДан примирјаDan primirjaNovember 11

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) 2017 date 2018 date Remarks
variesSlavaКрсна слава Krsna slavavariesPatron saint of the family - varies among families
Western Christians & Revised Julian calendar Orthodox Christians
Date Name Serbian name (Cyrillic) Serbian name (Latin) 2017 date 2018 date Remarks
December 25Christmas DayБожићBožićDecember 25
Western Christians
Date Name Serbian name (Cyrillic) Serbian name (Latin) 2017 date 2018 date Remarks
variesGood FridayВелики петакVeliki petakApril 14March 30
variesEasterУскрсUskrsApril 16April 1
variesEaster MondayУскрсни понедељакUskrsni ponedeljakApril 17April 2
Muslims
Date Name Serbian name (Cyrillic) Serbian name (Latin) 2017 date 2018 date Remarks
1 ShawwalEid al-FitrРамазански БајрамRamazanski BajramJune 25June 15End of Ramadan
10 Dhu al-HijjahEid al-AdhaКурбански БајрамKurbanski BajramSeptember 1August 21
Jews
Date Name Serbian name (Cyrillic) Serbian name (Latin) 2017 date 2018 date Remarks
10 TishreiYom KippurЈом КипурJom KipurSeptember 30September 19

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) 2015 date 2016 date Remarks
January 27Saint Sava DayСвети Сава (Савиндан)Sveti Sava (Savindan)January 27according to Julian calendar. Patron saint of the Serbian schools. In the Gregorian calendar it's observed on January 14
April 22Holocaust Remembrance DayДан сећања на жртве холокаустаDan sećanja na žrtve holokaustaApril 22Holocaust, genocide and World War II victims remembrance day
May 9Victory DayДан победеDan pobedeMay 9Victory day over Fascism.
June 28Vidovdan (Saint Vitus Day)ВидовданVidovdanJune 28According to Julian calendar. Remembrance on the Battle of Kosovo. In the Gregorian calendar it's observed on June 15
October 21World War II Serbian Victims Remembrance DayДан сећања на српске жртве у Другом светском ратуDan sećanja na srpske žrtve u Drugom svetskom ratuOctober 21Remembrance on the Kragujevac massacre and National World War II victims remembrance day

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 2011-12-30.
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