Public holidays in Romania

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The following is a list of public holidays in Romania. According to Romanian law, Romania had 15 public holidays as of 2011, which cover 14% of the days of the year in the country.{{cite news|url=https://romanialibera.ro/actualitate/fapt-divers/cate-zile-nationale-are-romania-238929|title=Câte zile naționale are România|first=Marinela|last=Rata|newspaper=România Liberă|date=September 26, 2011|language=ro}}

Official non-working holidays

class="wikitable"

! Date

! Romanian name

! English name

! Remarks

1-2 January

|{{lang|ro|Anul Nou}}

|New Year's Day

24 January

|{{lang|ro|Ziua Unirii Principatelor Române}}

|Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities

|Celebrates unification of the Romanian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859 and the foundation of the Romanian modern state.{{cite news|url=http://www.mediafax.ro/politic/legea-prin-care-24-ianuarie-a-fost-declarata-zi-libera-nelucratoare-a-fost-promulgata-de-iohannis-15777292|title=Legea prin care 24 ianuarie a fost declarată zi liberă nelucrătoare a fost promulgată de Iohannis|newspaper=Mediafax|date=October 7, 2016|access-date=October 7, 2016|language=ro}} A non-working day since 2016.

1 May

|{{lang|ro|Ziua Muncii}}

|Labour Day

|International Labour Day

April/May

|{{lang|ro|Paștele}}

|Good Friday, Easter, Easter Monday

|The official holiday is the Orthodox Easter. The holiday is three days long, Good Friday,{{Cite news|url=http://www.mediafax.ro/social/iohannis-a-promulgat-legea-prin-care-vinerea-mare-este-sarbatoare-legala-nelucratoare-17058413|title=Iohannis a promulgat legea prin care Vinerea Mare este sărbătoare legală nelucrătoare|newspaper=Mediafax|date=March 12, 2018|access-date=March 16, 2018|language=ro}} Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are non-working. Easter Sunday is {{#time:j F Y|{{Calendar date|holiday=Easter (Eastern)|df=d|year={{LASTYEAR}}}}}}, {{#time:j F Y|{{Calendar date|holiday=Easter (Eastern)|df=d|year={{CURRENTYEAR}}}}}}, {{#time:j F Y|{{Calendar date|holiday=Easter (Eastern)|df=d|year={{NEXTYEAR}}}}}}, {{#time:j F Y|{{Calendar date|holiday=Easter (Eastern)|df=d|year={{NEXTYEAR|2}}}}}}.

1 June

|{{lang|ro|Ziua Copilului}}

|Children's Day

|Public holiday starting with 2017{{Cite web|url=http://www.avocatnet.ro/content/articles/id_43954/Din-2017-salaria%C8%9Bii-vor-sta-acas%C4%83-%C8%99i-de-Ziua-Copilului-1-iunie-inclus%C4%83-de-azi-pe-lista-liberelor-legale.html|title=Din 2017, salariații vor sta acasă și de Ziua Copilului. 1 iunie, inclusă de azi pe lista liberelor legale|last=Inteligo|website=Avocatnet.ro|access-date=January 2, 2017}}

May/June

|{{lang|ro|Rusaliile}}

|Pentecost, Pentecost Monday

|The 50th and 51st day from Orthodox Easter. Pentecost is {{#time:j F Y|{{Calendar date|holiday=Pentecost (Eastern)|df=d|year={{LASTYEAR}}}}}}, {{#time:j F Y|{{Calendar date|holiday=Pentecost (Eastern)|df=d|year={{CURRENTYEAR}}}}}}, {{#time:j F Y|{{Calendar date|holiday=Pentecost (Eastern)|df=d|year={{NEXTYEAR}}}}}}, {{#time:j F Y|{{Calendar date|holiday=Pentecost (Eastern)|df=d|year={{NEXTYEAR|2}}}}}}.

15 August

|{{lang|ro|Adormirea Maicii Domnului/Sfânta Maria Mare}}

|Dormition of the Mother of God

|Also the Day of the Romanian Naval Forces since St. Mary is the patron saint of the Navy.

30 November

|{{lang|ro|Sfântul Andrei}}

|Saint Andrew's Day

|Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Romania.

1 December

|{{lang|ro|Ziua Națională a României}}

|National Day of Romania

|It celebrates the unification of Transylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina with the Kingdom of Romania.

25-26 December

|{{lang|ro|Crăciunul}}

|Christmas Day

|Both first and second Christmas Day are holidays.

Other working holidays and observances

class="wikitable"

! Date

! Name

! Remarks

15 January

|National Culture Day{{cite news|url=https://www.agerpres.ro/flux-documentare/2017/01/15/documentar-15-ianuarie-ziua-culturii-nationale-10-37-37|title=DOCUMENTAR: 15 ianuarie, Ziua Culturii Naţionale|newspaper=Agerpres|date=January 13, 2017|language=ro}}

|Celebration of the birth of the Romanian poet Mihai Eminescu.

27 January

|International Holocaust Remembrance Day

19 February

|Brâncuși Day{{cite web|title=Legea pentru declararea Zilei Brâncuşi ca sărbătoare naţională a fost promulgată de Iohannis|url=http://www.mediafax.ro/cultura-media/legea-pentru-declararea-zilei-brancusi-ca-sarbatoare-nationala-a-fost-promulgata-de-iohannis-14902219|publisher=Mediafax|date=November 27, 2015|access-date=December 2, 2015|language=ro}}

|Not a public holiday

20 February

|World Day of Social Justice

8 March

|Women's Day

|Observes International Women's Day{{cite web|url=http://legeaz.net/monitorul-oficial-169-2016/legea-22-2016-8-martie-ziua-femeii-19-noiembrie-ziua-barbatului|title=Legea nr. 22/2016 – declararea zilei de 8 martie — Ziua femeii si 19 noiembrie — Ziua bărbatului|website=Legeaz.net|access-date=September 30, 2017}}

9 March

|Anti-Communist Political Prisoners' Day{{cite news|url=https://www.gandul.ro/stiri/9-martie-ziua-detinutilor-politici-anticomunisti-7969141|title=9 martie, "Ziua Deținuților Politici Anticomuniști"|first=Vlad|last=Mironescu|newspaper=Gândul|date=April 23, 2012|language=ro}}

20 March

|International Francophonie Day and International Day of Happiness

21 March

|International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, World Down Syndrome Day, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty{{cite news|url=https://www.agerpres.ro/documentare/2020/03/21/ziua-internationala-a-padurilor-onu--470372|title=Ziua internaţională a pădurilo (ONU)|newspaper=Agerpres|date=March 21, 2020|language=ro}} and Oltenia Day

22 March

|World Water Day

24 March

|World Tuberculosis Day

25 March

|Romanian Police Day and International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

27 March

|Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania

|Celebrates the Union of Bessarabia with Romania.

Last or second-to-last Saturday in March

|Earth Hour

|Not a public holiday. The last Saturday in March except Earth Hour is held a week earlier when Holy Saturday falls on the last Saturday in March.

First Sunday in April

|NATO Day

|Not a public holiday – observed by the Government institutions. {{Weekday after date|{{LASTYEAR}}|March|31|Sunday|j F Y}}, {{Weekday after date|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|March|31|Sunday|j F Y}}, {{Weekday after date|{{NEXTYEAR}}|March|31|Sunday|j F Y}}, {{Weekday after date|{{NEXTYEAR|2}}|March|31|Sunday|j F Y}}.

2 April

|World Autism Awareness Day

3 April

|Romanian Gendarmerie Day

7 April

|World Health Day

8 April

|Day of the Romani Ethnicity of Romania

22 April

|Earth Day

|Not a public holiday

23 April

|Railway Day, Librarian Day, World Book Day, National Day of the Romanian Tax Consultant

29 April

|War Veterans' Day{{cite news|url=https://www.agerpres.ro/flux-documentare/2015/04/29/ziua-veteranilor-de-razboi-07-41-29|title=Ziua Veteranilor de Război|newspaper=Agerpres|date=April 28, 2015|language=ro}}

First Sunday in May

|Mother's Day

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Second Sunday in May

|Father's Day, Teenager's Day and National Dress Day

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2 May

|National Youth Day

3 May

|World Press Freedom Day

5 May

|Day of the Tatar Language

8 May

|Equality of Opportunities Between Women and Men Day

9 May

|Independence Day,{{cite news|last1=Cristea|first1=Irina Andreea|title=9 Mai – Ziua Independenţei de Stat a României|url=https://www.agerpres.ro/documentare/2018/05/09/9-mai-ziua-independentei-de-stat-a-romaniei--103952|access-date=May 10, 2018|work=www.agerpres.ro|agency=Agerpres|date=May 9, 2018|language=ro}} Victory Day and Europe Day

|It celebrates Romania's proclamation of independence during the war against the Ottoman Empire in 1877–1878, concluded with the recognition of Romania's independence. Romania celebrates the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945. Also, starting 2007, Romania observes Europe Day.

10 May

|Monarchy Day, Balkan Romanianness Day

|The first celebrates the crowning of Carol I as its first king, as well as all the kings of the Romanian monarchy.

14 May

|International Humanitarian Rights Day

15 May

|National Veterinary Day and International Day of Families

21 May

|World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

24 May

|Bulgarian Language Day{{cite news|url=https://romanialibera.ro/actualitate/eveniment/ziua-limbii-bulgare--introdusa-prin-lege-in-romaniia-379416|title=Ziua Limbii Bulgare, introdusă prin lege în România|first=Andrei|last=Mărgăritescu|newspaper=România Liberă|date=May 24, 2015|language=ro}}

25 May

|Slovak Language Day

27 May

|Mihai Viteazul Day

|In 1600, Michael the Brave briefly unified Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia under his rule.

31 May

|Military Reserves Day

Last Sunday in May

|Day of the Romanians Everywhere, Romanian Businessperson Day

|{{Weekday before date|{{LASTYEAR}}|June|1|Sunday|j F Y}}, {{Weekday before date|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|June|1|Sunday|j F Y}}, {{Weekday before date|{{NEXTYEAR}}|June|1|Sunday|j F Y}}, {{Weekday before date|{{NEXTYEAR|2}}|June|1|Sunday|j F Y}}.

May/June

|Heroes' Day/Ascension

|The 40th day from the Orthodox Easter. Not a public holiday – observed with military and religious festivities at the monuments dedicated to the national heroes (such as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier). {{#time:j F Y|{{Calendar date|holiday=Easter (Eastern)|df=d|year={{LASTYEAR}}}} + 39 day}}, {{#time:j F Y|{{Calendar date|holiday=Easter (Eastern)|df=d|year={{CURRENTYEAR}}}} + 39 day}}, {{#time:j F Y|{{Calendar date|holiday=Easter (Eastern)|df=d|year={{NEXTYEAR}}}} + 39 day}}, {{#time:j F Y|{{Calendar date|holiday=Easter (Eastern)|df=d|year={{NEXTYEAR|2}}}} + 39 day}}.

1 June

|Parents' Day

2 June

|National Adoption Day

4 June

|International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression and Trianon Treaty Day.

5 June

|National Day Against Child Abuse and World Environment Day

11 June

|Day of Romanian Democracy

|Commemorates the Wallachian revolution of 1848.

14 June

|World Blood Donor Day

20 June

|World Refugee Day

26 June

|National Flag Day, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

First Sunday in July

|Justice Day

|{{Weekday after date|{{LASTYEAR}}|June|30|Sunday|j F Y}}, {{Weekday after date|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|June|30|Sunday|j F Y}}, {{Weekday after date|{{NEXTYEAR}}|June|30|Sunday|j F Y}}, {{Weekday after date|{{NEXTYEAR|2}}|June|30|Sunday|j F Y}}.

Second Sunday in July

|Statistician Day

|{{Weekday after date|{{LASTYEAR}}|July|7|Sunday|j F Y}}, {{Weekday after date|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|July|7|Sunday|j F Y}}, {{Weekday after date|{{NEXTYEAR}}|July|7|Sunday|j F Y}}, {{Weekday after date|{{NEXTYEAR|2}}|July|7|Sunday|j F Y}}.

20 July

|Romanian Aviation and Air Force Day

24 July

|Romanian Border Police Day

28 July

|National Ambulance Day and World Hepatitis Day

29 July

|National Anthem Day

|Date when Deșteaptă-te, române! was first performed, in 1848 at Râmnicu Vâlcea – not a public holiday

30 July

|Friendship Day

15 August

|Romanian Navy Day

23 August

|Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day and Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Fascism and Communism

|National holiday between 1949 and 1990. On 23 August 1944, King Michael I joined with pro-Allied opposition politicians and led a successful coup against Conducător of Romania, Marshal Ion Antonescu's fascist government. Romania joins the Allies and participates alongside the Red Army in further operations in countries under Nazi occupation. Since 2011, Romania observes the European Day for Commemoration of the Victims of Totalitarian and Authoritarian regimes, also as a reminder of the Molotov–Ribbentrop pact signed on this day in 1939 – which resulted in Romania losing most of the region that is now Moldova and parts of Ukraine (see Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina).

31 August

|Romanian Language Day

1 September

|Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Day

10 September

|World Suicide Prevention Day

13 September

|Firefighters of Romania's Day

14 September

|Romanian Engineer's Day

15 September

|International Day of Democracy

21 September

|International Day of Peace

28 September

|Czech Language Day

29 September

|World Heart Day

1 October

|International Day of Older Persons and Romanian Diver's Day

5 October

|World Education Day

9 October

|World Post Day

10 October

|World Mental Health Day

11 October

|Transylvanian Schools Day

17 October

|International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

24 October

|United Nations Day

25 October

|Armed Forces Day

|Not a public holiday. Observed by the Romanian Army and its veterans on the anniversary of the liberation of Carei, the last Romanian city under horthyst-fascist occupation during World War II. Also the birthday of King Michael I

11 November

|Veterans' Day

14 November

|Dobruja Day and World Diabetes Day

|Date which celebrates the integration of Northern Dobruja into Romania in 1878.

16 November

|International Day for Tolerance and Romanian World Heritage Day

19 November

|Men's Day and Romanian Researcher and Designer Day

|Observes men's day

28 November

|Bukovina Day

|Date which celebrates the Union of Bukovina with Romania in 1918.

Third Thursday of November

|National Day Without Tobacco

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Third Sunday of November

|World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

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1 December

|World AIDS Day

2 December

|International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

3 December

|United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities

8 December

|Constitution Day

|Date when the referendum on the Romanian Constitution was held in 1991 thus establishing the first democratic republic.

9 December

|International Anti-Corruption Day

10 December

|Human Rights Day

13 December

|Day of the Tatar Ethnicity of Romania

16 December

|National Solidarity Day Against Dictatorship

18 December

|Day of the National Minorities of Romania

20 December

|International Human Solidarity Day

21 December

|Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Communism in Romania

|Marks the peak of the victorious Romanian Revolution of 1989 and commemorates the victims who fell in the violent street confrontations between 16 and 27 December.

22 December

|Romanian Revolution Victory and Freedom Day