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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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Public Holidays
Date Name Serbian name
(Cyrillic)		 Serbian name
(Latin)		 Remarks
1 January1New Year's DayНова годинаNova godina
2 January1
7 JanuaryChristmas DayБожићBožićSerbian Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar
15 February1Statehood Day[1]Дан државностиDan državnostiAnniversary of the First Serbian Uprising and Serbian Revolution in 1804 and the first Constitution in 1835.
16 February1
moveable
Easter – 2 days		Good FridayВелики петакVeliki petakSerbian Orthodox Church calculates Easter using Orthodox Computus
moveable
Easter + 1 day		Easter MondayВаскрсни понедељак (Ускрсни понедељак)Vaskrsni ponedeljak (Uskrsni ponedeljak)
1 May1Labour DayПразник радаPraznik rada
2 May1
11 November1Armistice DayДан примирјаDan primirja
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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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Religious holidays
Serbian Orthodox Christians
Date Name Serbian name
(Cyrillic)		 Serbian name
(Latin)		 Remarks
variesKrsna slavaКрсна славаKrsna slavaFamily patron saint
Western Christians & Revised Julian calendar Eastern Orthodox Christians
Date Name Serbian name
(Cyrillic)		 Serbian name
(Latin)		 Remarks
25 DecemberChristmas DayБожићBožić
Western Christians
Date Name Serbian name
(Cyrillic)		 Serbian name
(Latin)		 Remarks
variesGood FridayВелики петакVeliki petak
variesEaster MondayУскрсни понедељакUskrsni ponedeljak
Muslims
Date Name Serbian name
(Cyrillic)		 Serbian name
(Latin)		 Remarks
1 ShawwalEid al-FitrРамазански БајрамRamazanski Bajram
10 Dhu al-HijjahEid al-AdhaКурбански БајрамKurbanski Bajram
Jews
Date Name Serbian name
(Cyrillic)		 Serbian name
(Latin)		 Remarks
10 TishreiYom KippurЈом КипурJom Kipur
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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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Working holidays
Date Name Serbian name
(Cyrillic)		 Serbian name
(Latin)		 Remarks
27 JanuarySaint Sava DayСавинданSavindanSerbian 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 ratuRemembrance on the prisoner breakout from Jasenovac concentration camp.
9 MayVictory DayДан победеDan pobedeRemembrance on the end of World War II in Europe.
28 JuneVidovdan
(Saint Vitus Day)		ВидовданVidovdanRemembrance 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 zastaveRemembrance 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 ratuRemembrance on the Kragujevac massacre.
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