Public holidays in Serbia
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January1 | New Year's Day | Нова Година | Nova Godina | 1 January | ||
| 2 January1 | 2 January | |||||
| 7 January | Christmas Day | Божић | Božić | 7 January | Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar | |
| 15 February 1 | National Day | Дан државности Србије | Dan državnosti Srbije | 15 February | Anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising and Serbian Revolution in 1804 and the first modern Serbian Constitution in 1835 | |
| 16 February 1 | 16 February | |||||
| moveable Easter – 2 days Next: 22 April 2022 |
Great Friday | Велики петак | Veliki petak | 17 April | 30 April | Serbian Orthodox Church calculates Easter using Orthodox Computus |
| moveable Easter + 1 day Next: 25 April 2022 |
Easter Monday | Васкрсни понедељак (Ускрсни понедељак) | Vaskrsni ponedeljak (Uskrsni ponedeljak) | 20 April | 3 May | |
| 1 May 1 | Labour Day | Празник рада | Praznik rada | 1 May | ||
| 2 May 1 | 2 May | |||||
| 11 November 1 | Armistice Day | Дан примирја | Dan primirja | 11 November | ||
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 | Krsna slava | Крсна слава | Krsna slava | varies | Patron saint of the family - varies among families | |
| Western Christians & Revised Julian calendar Eastern Orthodox Christians | ||||||
| Date | Name | Serbian name (Cyrillic) | Serbian name (Latin) | 2020 date | 2021 date | Remarks |
| December 25 | Christmas Day | Божић | Božić | 25 December | ||
| Western Christians | ||||||
| Date | Name | Serbian name (Cyrillic) | Serbian name (Latin) | 2020 date | 2021 date | Remarks |
| varies | Good Friday | Велики петак | Veliki petak | 10 April | 2 April | |
| varies | Easter Monday | Ускрсни понедељак | Uskrsni ponedeljak | 13 April | 5 April | |
| Muslims | ||||||
| Date | Name | Serbian name (Cyrillic) | Serbian name (Latin) | 2020 date | 2021 date | Remarks |
| 1 Shawwal | Eid al-Fitr | Рамазански Бајрам | Ramazanski Bajram | 24 May | 14 May | End of Ramadan |
| 10 Dhu al-Hijjah | Eid al-Adha | Курбански Бајрам | Kurbanski Bajram | 31 July | 20 July | |
| Jews | ||||||
| Date | Name | Serbian name (Cyrillic) | Serbian name (Latin) | 2020 date | 2021 date | Remarks |
| 10 Tishrei | Yom Kippur | Јом Кипур | Jom Kipur | 28 September | 16 September | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 January | Saint Sava Day | Свети Сава (Савиндан) | Sveti Sava (Savindan) | 27 January | According to Julian calendar. Patron saint of the Serbian schools. In the Gregorian calendar it's observed on 14 January | |
| 22 April | 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 | 22 April | Holocaust, genocide and World War II victims remembrance day The anniversary of the prisoner breakout from Jasenovac concentration camp | |
| 9 May | Victory Day | Дан победе | Dan pobede | 9 May | Victory day over Fascism. | |
| 28 June | Vidovdan (Saint Vitus Day) | Видовдан | Vidovdan | 28 June | According 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 | 15 September | ||
| 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 | 21 October | Remembrance 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.