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

National / Bank Holidays
Date	Name	Local name	2015 date	2016 date	Remarks
January 1^1	New Year's Day	Nova Godina	January 1
January 2^1			January 2
January 7	Julian Orthodox Christmas	Božić	January 7		Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar
February 15^1	Statehood Day	Dan državnosti Srbije	February 15		Anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804 and the first Serbian Constitution in 1835
February 16^1			February 16
varies	Orthodox Good Friday	Veliki petak	April 10	April 29	Serbian Orthodox Church calculates Easter using Orthodox Computus
varies	Orthodox Easter	Vaskrs	April 12	May 1
varies	Orthodox Easter Monday	Vaskrsni ponedeljak	April 13	May 2
May 1^1	May Day / International Workers' Day	Praznik rada	May 1
May 2^1			May 2
November 11^1	Armistice Day	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.

Additional religious holidays

Additionally, the employees of Christian, Muslim and Jewish religion are allowed not to work on some of their religious holidays.

Additional religious holidays
Western Christians & Revised Julian calendar Orthodox Christians
Date	Name	Local name	2015 date	2016 date	Remarks
January 7	Christmas Day	Božić	January 7
Western Christians
Date	Name	Local name	2015 date	2016 date	Remarks
varies	Good Friday	Veliki petak	April 3	March 25
varies	Easter	Uskrs	April 5	March 27
varies	Easter Monday	Uskrsni ponedeljak	April 6	March 28
Serbian Orthodox Christians
Date	Name	Local name	2015 date	2016 date	Remarks
varies	Slava	Krsna slava	varies		Patron saint of the family - varies among families
Muslims
Date	Name	Local name	2015 date	2016 date	Remarks
1 Shawwal	Eid al-Fitr	Ramazanski Bajram	July 17	July 8	End of Ramadan
10 Dhu al-Hijjah	Eid al-Adha	Kurbanski Bajram	September 23	September 11
Jews
Date	Name	Local name	2015 date	2016 date	Remarks
10 Tishrei	Yom Kippur	Jom Kipur	September 23	October 12

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	Local name	2015 date	2016 date	Remarks
January 27	Saint Sava Day	Sveti Sava	January 27		according to Julian calendar. Patron saint of the Serbian schools. In the Gregorian calendar it's observed on January 14
April 22	Holocaust Remembrance Day	Dan sećanja na žrtve holokausta	April 22		Holocaust, genocide and World War II victims remembrance day
May 9	Europe Day / Victory Day^*	Dan Evrope or Dan pobede	May 9		Originally celebrated as Eastern/Russian version of the Victory in Europe Day commemorating the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945. Today, more and more people celebrate it as Europe Day, commemorating the Schuman Declaration in 1950
June 28	Saint Vitus Day	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	National World War II Victims Remembrance Day	Dan sećanja na srpske žrtve u Drugom svetskom ratu	October 21		World War II Serbian victims remembrance day

^* By Law, defined only as Victory 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.