Public holidays in Macedonia

Public holidays are observed in the Republic of Macedonia for a number of reasons, including for religious and national significance. They are generally accompanied by celebrations.^[1]

Date	English name	Macedonian name	Remarks
1 January	New Year	Нова Година, Nova Godina
7 January	Christmas Day (Orthodox)	Прв ден Божик, Prv den Božik
April/May	Good Friday (Orthodox)	Велики Петок, Veliki Petok	see below
April/May	Easter Sunday (Orthodox)	Прв ден Велигден, Prv den Veligden	Ortodox Easter and other Easter dates do not match; see: Date of Easter
April/May	Easter Monday (Orthodox)	Втор ден Велигден, Vtor den Veligden	as above
1 May	Labour Day	Ден на трудот, Den na trudot
24 May	Saints Cyril and Methodius Day	Св. Кирил и Методиј, Ден на сèсловенските просветители; Sv. Kiril i Metodij, Den na sèslovenskite prosvetiteli
2 August	Day of the Republic	Ден на Републиката, Den na Republikata	Day when the Republic was established in 1944, also Ilinden uprising in 1903
8 September	Independence Day	Ден на независноста, Den na nezavisnosta	Day of independence from Yugoslavia
11 October	Revolution Day	Ден на востанието, Den na vostanieto	Beginning of Anti-fascist war during WWII in 1941
23 October	Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle	Ден на македонската револуционерна борба,Den na makedonskata revolucionarna borba	Day when the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) was established in 1893.
8 December	Saint Clement of Ohrid Day	Св. Климент Охридски, Sv. Kliment Ohridski
1 Shawwal	Eid al-Fitr	Рамазан Бајрам, Ramazan Bajram	Islamic calendar

Besides these, there are several major religious & ethic communities` holidays:

Date	English name	Macedonian name	Celebrated by
6 January	Christmas Eve	Бадник, Badnik	Orthodox Christians
19 January	Baptism of Jesus	Водици, Vodici	Orthodox Christians
27 January	Saint Sava Day	Свети Сава, Sveti Sava	Ethnic Serbs
8 April	International Romani Day	Меѓународен ден на Ромите, Megjunaroden den na Romite	Ethnic Romani people
23 May	National Day of the Aromanians	Национален ден на Власите, Nacionalen den na Vlasite	Ethnic Aromanians
28 August	Assumption of Mary	Успение на Пресвета Богородица, Uspenie na Presveta Bogorodica	Orthodox Christians
28 September	International Bosniaks Day	Меѓународен ден на Бошњаците, Megjunaroden den na Boshnjacite	Ethnic Bosniaks
1 November	All Saints' Day	Сите Светци, Site Svetci	Catholics and Protestants
22 November	Albanian Alphabet Day	Ден на Албанската азбука, Den na Albanskata azbuka	Ethnic Albanians
21 December	Turkish Language Education Day	Ден на настава на турски јазик, Den na nastava na turski jazik	Ethnic Turks
25 December	Christmas	Божиќ, Bozik	Catholics and Protestants
variable	Good Friday	Велики Петок, Veliki Petok	Ortodox Christians
variable	Easter Monday	Втор ден Велигден, Vtor den Veligden	Catholics and Protestants
variable	Pentecost	Духовден, Duhovden	Orthodox Christians, 7 weeks after Good Friday
10 Tishrei	Yom Kippur	Јом Кипур, Jom Kipur	Jews
10 Dhu al-Hijjah	Eid al-Adha	Курбан Бајрам, Kurban Bajram	Muslims

References

1. According to The Law of Public holidays in the Republic of Macedonia, issued in "Службен весник на Република Македониjа", number 21/98 and 18/07, 2007, see here (in Macedonian), retrieved on 17 November 2008. (Macedonian)