Public holidays in Serbia

The public holidays in Serbia are defined by the Law of national and other holidays in the Republic of Serbia.

Bank Holidays

National / Bank Holidays
Date	Name	Local Name	2010 Date	2011 Date	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Nova godina	January 1
January 2			January 2
January 7	Julian Orthodox Christmas	Božić	January 7		Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Julian Calendar
February 15	Serbia National Day	Dan državnosti Srbije	February 15		Anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804 and the first Serbian Constitution in 1835
varies	Orthodox Good Friday	Veliki petak	April 2	April 22	Serbian Orthodox Church calculates Easter using Orthodox Computus
varies	Orthodox Easter	Vaskrs	April 4	April 24
varies	Orthodox Easter Monday	Vaskrsni ponedeljak	April 5	April 25
May 1	May Day / International Workers' Day	Praznik rada	May 1
May 2			May 2

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	2010 Date	2011 Date	Remarks
December 25	Christmas Day	Božić	December 25
Western Christians
Date	Name	Local Name	2010 Date	2011 Date	Remarks
varies	Good Friday	Veliki petak	April 2	April 22
varies	Easter	Uskrs	April 4	April 24
varies	Easter Monday	Uskrsni ponedeljak	April 5	April 25
Serbian Orthodox Christians
Date	Name	Local Name	2010 Date	2011 Date	Remarks
varies	Slava	Krsna slava	varies		Patron saint of the family - varies among families
Muslims
Date	Name	Local Name	2010 Date	2011 Date	Remarks
1 Shawwal	Eid ul-Fitr	Ramazanski Bajram	September 10	August 31	End of Ramadan
10 Dhu al-Hijjah	Eid al-Adha	Kurbanski Bajram	November 16	November 6
Jews
Date	Name	Local Name	2010 Date	2011 Date	Remarks
10 Tishrei	Yom Kippur	Jom Kipur	September 18	October 8

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	2009 Date	2010 Date	Remarks
January 27	Saint Sava Day	Sveti Sava	January 27		according to Julian Calendar. Patron saint of the Serbian schools. In the Gregorian Calendar it's observed on January 14
May 9	Europe Day / Victory Day	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	Vidovdan	June 28		according to Julian Calendar. Remembrance on the Battle of Kosovo. In the Gregorian Calendar it's observed on June 15

References

• [1] - Law of the national and other holidays in the Republic of Serbia (Serbian)