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) | 2020 date | 2021 date | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 11 | New Year's Day | Нова Година | Nova Godina | January 1 | ||
| January 21 | January 2 | |||||
| January 7 | Christmas Day | Божић | Božić | January 7 | Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar | |
| February 151 | Statehood Day | Дан државности Србије | Dan državnosti Srbije | February 15 | Anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804 and the first modern Serbian Constitution in 1835 | |
| February 161 | February 16 | |||||
| moveable Easter – 2 days Next: 30 April 2021 | Great Friday | Велики петак | Veliki petak | April 17 | April 30 | Serbian Orthodox Church calculates Easter using Orthodox Computus |
| moveable Easter + 1 day Next: 3 May 2021 | Easter Monday | Васкрсни понедељак (Ускрсни понедељак) | Vaskrsni ponedeljak (Uskrsni ponedeljak) | April 20 | May 3 | |
| May 11 | May Day | Празник рада | Praznik rada | May 1 | ||
| May 21 | May 2 | |||||
| November 111 | Armistice Day | Дан примирја | Dan primirja | November 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) | 2020 date | 2021 date | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| varies | Slava | Крсна слава | Krsna slava | varies | Patron saint of the family - varies among families | |
| Western Christians & Revised Julian calendar Orthodox Christians | ||||||
| Date | Name | Serbian name (Cyrillic) | Serbian name (Latin) | 2020 date | 2021 date | Remarks |
| December 25 | Christmas Day | Божић | Božić | December 25 | ||
| Western Christians | ||||||
| Date | Name | Serbian name (Cyrillic) | Serbian name (Latin) | 2020 date | 2021 date | Remarks |
| varies | Good Friday | Велики петак | Veliki petak | April 10 | April 2 | |
| varies | Easter Monday | Ускрсни понедељак | Uskrsni ponedeljak | April 13 | April 5 | |
| Muslims | ||||||
| Date | Name | Serbian name (Cyrillic) | Serbian name (Latin) | 2020 date | 2021 date | Remarks |
| 1 Shawwal | Eid al-Fitr | Рамазански Бајрам | Ramazanski Bajram | May 24 | May 14 | End of Ramadan |
| 10 Dhu al-Hijjah | Eid al-Adha | Курбански Бајрам | Kurbanski Bajram | July 31 | July 20 | |
| Jews | ||||||
| Date | Name | Serbian name (Cyrillic) | Serbian name (Latin) | 2020 date | 2021 date | Remarks |
| 10 Tishrei | Yom Kippur | Јом Кипур | Jom Kipur | September 28 | September 16 | |
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) | 2019 date | 2020 date | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 27 | Saint Sava Day | Свети Сава (Савиндан) | Sveti Sava (Savindan) | January 27 | according to Julian calendar. Patron saint of the Serbian schools. In the Gregorian calendar it's observed on January 14 | |
| April 22 | National Holocaust, World War II Genocide and other Fascist Crimes Victims 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 | April 22 | Holocaust, genocide and World War II victims remembrance day The anniversary of the prisoner breakout from Jasenovac concentration camp | |
| May 9 | Victory Day | Дан победе | Dan pobede | May 9 | Victory day over Fascism. | |
| June 28 | Vidovdan (Saint Vitus Day) | Видовдан | Vidovdan | June 28 | According to Julian calendar. Remembrance on the Battle of Kosovo. In the Gregorian calendar it's observed on June 15 | |
| October 21 | 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 | October 21 | Remembrance 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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