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	2012 Date	2013 Date	Remarks
January 11	New Year's Day	Нова Година, Nova Godina	January 1
January 21			January 2
January 7	Julian Orthodox Christmas	Божић, Božić	January 7		Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Julian Calendar
February 151	Serbia National Day	Дан државности Србије, Dan državnosti Srbije	February 15		Anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804 and the first Serbian Constitution in 1835
February 161			February 16
varies	Orthodox Good Friday	Велики петак, Veliki petak	April 13	May 3	Serbian Orthodox Church calculates Easter using Orthodox Computus
varies	Orthodox Easter	Васкрс, Vaskrs	April 15	May 5
varies	Orthodox Easter Monday	Васкрсни понедељак, Vaskrsni ponedeljak	April 16	May 6
May 11	May Day / International Workers' Day	Празник рада, Praynik rada	May 1
May 21			May 2
November 111	Armistice Day	Дан примирја, 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	2012 Date	2013 Date	Remarks
December 25	Christmas Day	Божић, Božić	December 25
Western Christians
Date	Name	Local Name	2012 Date	2013 Date	Remarks
varies	Good Friday	Велики петак, Veliki petak	April 6	March 29
varies	Easter	Ускрс, Uskrs	April 8	March 31
varies	Easter Monday	Ускрсни понедељак, Uskrsni ponedeljak	April 9	April 1
Serbian Orthodox Christians
Date	Name	Local Name	2012 Date	2013 Date	Remarks
varies	Slava	Крсна слава, Krsna slava	varies		Patron saint of the family - varies among families
Muslims
Date	Name	Local Name	2012 Date	2013 Date	Remarks
1 Shawwal	Eid ul-Fitr	Рамазански Бајрам, Ramazanski Bajram	August 18		End of Ramadan
10 Dhu al-Hijjah	Eid al-Adha	Курбански Бајрам, Kurbanski Bajram	October 26	October 15
Jews
Date	Name	Local Name	2012 Date	2013 Date	Remarks
10 Tishrei	Yom Kippur	Јом Кипур, Jom Kipur	September 26	September 14

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	2012 Date	2013 Date	Remarks
January 27	Saint Sava Day	Свети Сава, 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	Дан сећања на жртве холокауста, Dan sećanja na žrtve holokausta	April 22		Holocaust, genocide and World War II victims remembrance day
May 9	Europe Day / Victory Day*	Дан Европе / Дан победе, Dan Evrope / 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	Видовдан, 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	Дан сећања на српске жртве, Dan sećanja na srpske žrtve	October 21		World War II national 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.