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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

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1 January1rowspan="2"|New Year's Dayrowspan="2"|Нова Годинаrowspan="2"| Nova Godinarowspan="2" align="left" |
2 January1
7 JanuaryChristmas DayБожићBožićalign="left" |Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar
15 February1rowspan="2" |Statehood Day{{cite book |editor1=Ljiljana Šarić |editor2=Karen Gammelgaard |editor3=Kjetil Rå Hauge |title=Transforming National Holidays: Identity Discourse in the West and South Slavic Countries, 1985-2010 |date=2012 |publisher=John Benjamins Publishing |isbn=9789027206381 |pages=35–36}}rowspan="2"|Дан државностиrowspan="2"|Dan državnostirowspan="2" align="left" | Anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising and Serbian Revolution in 1804 and the first Constitution in 1835.
16 February1
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Easter – 2 days		Good FridayВелики петакVeliki petakrowspan="2" align="left" |Serbian Orthodox Church calculates Easter using Orthodox Computus
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Easter + 1 day		Easter MondayВаскрсни понедељак (Ускрсни понедељак)Vaskrsni ponedeljak (Uskrsni ponedeljak)
| 1 May1rowspan="2"|Labour Dayrowspan="2"|Празник радаrowspan="2"|Praznik radarowspan="2" align="left" |
2 May1
11 November1Armistice DayДан примирјаDan primirja

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.

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variesKrsna slavaКрсна славаKrsna slavaalign="left" |Family patron saint
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December 25Christmas DayБожићBožić
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variesGood FridayВелики петакVeliki petak
variesEaster MondayУскрсни понедељакUskrsni ponedeljak
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1 ShawwalEid al-FitrРамазански БајрамRamazanski Bajramalign="left" |
10 Dhu al-HijjahEid al-AdhaКурбански БајрамKurbanski Bajram
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10 TishreiYom KippurЈом КипурJom Kipur

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.

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27 JanuarySaint Sava DayСавинданSavindanalign="left"|Serbian schools holiday; Saint Sava is patron saint of the Serbian schools.

According to Julian calendar (in the Gregorian calendar it's observed on 14 January).
22 AprilHolocaust, Genocide and other Fascist Crimes Victims of the World War II Remembrance DayДан сећања на жртве холокауста, геноцида и других жртава фашизма у Другом светском ратуDan sećanja na žrtve holokausta, genocida i drugih žrtava fašizma u Drugom svetskom ratualign="left"|Remembrance on the prisoner breakout from Jasenovac concentration camp.
9 MayVictory DayДан победеDan pobedealign="left"| Remembrance on the end of World War II in Europe.
28 JuneVidovdan
(Saint Vitus Day)		ВидовданVidovdanalign="left"| Remembrance on the Battle of Kosovo.

According to Julian calendar (in the Gregorian calendar it's observed on 15 June).
15 SeptemberDay of Serb Unity, Freedom and the National FlagДан српског јединства, слободе и националне заставеDan srpskog jedinstva, slobode i nacionalne zastavealign="left"| Remembrance on the breakthrough of the Macedonian Front in World War I.
21 OctoberWorld War II Serbian Victims Remembrance DayДан сећања на српске жртве у Другом светском ратуDan sećanja na srpske žrtve u Drugom svetskom ratualign="left"|Remembrance on the Kragujevac massacre.

See also

References

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  • {{cite web | url = http://www.propisi.com/zakon-o-drzavnim-i-drugim-praznicima-u-republici-srbiji.html |trans-title=Law of the national and other holidays in the Republic of Serbia | script-title=sr:Закон о државним и другим празницима у Републици Србији | publisher = Службени гласник РС | work = Issues 43/2001, 101/2007, 92/2011 | year = 2011 | access-date = 2011-12-30| language = sr }}

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