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Public holidays in Bulgaria

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The official public holidays in Bulgaria[1] are listed in the table below.

Date Holiday Official Name (Bulgarian) Notes
1 January New Year's Day Нова година  
3 March Liberation Day Ден на Освобождението на България от османско иго See Liberation of Bulgaria.
1 May International Workers' Day Ден на труда и на международната работническа солидарност  
6 May Saint George's Day Гергьовден, ден на храбростта и Българската армия See Armed Forces Day.
24 May Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavonic Literature Day Ден на българската просвета и култура и на славянската писменост  
6 September Unification Day Ден на Съединението See Bulgarian unification.
22 September Independence Day Ден на независимостта на България See Bulgarian Declaration of Independence
1 November National Awakening Day Ден на народните будители Non-attendance day for schools, otherwise a working day.
24 December Christmas Eve Бъдни вечер  
25 & 26 December Christmas Day Рождество Христово
Moveable Orthodox Good Friday, Holy Saturday & Easter Sunday and Monday Велики петък, Велика събота и Великден Good Friday, The Sunday and Monday of Easter are non-working days.

Other Observances

Former national holidays

References

  1. ^ "Народно събрание на Република България - Български официални празници".
  2. ^ "Bulgarian Anti-Govt Protesters to Stage Mock Communist Parade". Sofia News Agency. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.