Public holidays in Montenegro

This is a list of public holidays in Montenegro.

Official holidays edit

All state and other holidays are non-working days. The religious holidays are non-working days for the specific religious communities.

Note: If the first day of State and Other holidays falls on Sunday, then the next two working days are non-working days (Monday and Tuesday). If the first day of State and Other holidays falls on Saturday, then only one next working day is a non-working day (Monday).

Date Name Local name 2015 Date Remarks
State holidays
21 May Independence Day Dan nezavisnosti
Дан независности
21 May Anniversary of the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006.
22 May
22 May
13 July Statehood Day Dan državnosti
Дан државности
13 July Anniversary of the day in 1878 on which the Berlin Congress recognized Montenegro as an independent state, as well as the 13 July Uprising against the Axis forces in 1941
14 July 14 July
Other holidays
1 January New Year's Day Nova godina
Нова година
1 January
2 January 2 January
1 May Labour Day Praznik rada
Празник рада
1 May
2 May 2 May
13 November Njegos's Day Njegošev dan
Његошев дан
13 November
14 November 14 November
Religious holidays
Orthodox holidays
6 January Orthodox Christmas Eve Badnji dan
Бадњи дан
6 January Orthodox Church uses the Julian Calendar.
7 January Orthodox Christmas Božić
Божић
7 January
8 January 8 January
varies Orthodox Good Friday Veliki petak
Велики петак
10 April Orthodox Church calculates Easter using Orthodox Computus.
By the law only the second day of Easter, the Easter Monday, is a holiday.
varies 13 April
Roman Catholic holidays
24 December Christmas Eve Badnji dan 24 December
25 December Christmas Božić 25 December
26 December 26 December
varies Good Friday Veliki petak 3 April
varies Easter Uskrs 5 April By the law only the second day of Easter, the Easter Monday, is a holiday.
varies 6 April
1 November All Saints' Day Svi Sveti 1 November
Muslim holidays
1 Shawwal Eid ul-Fitr Ramazanski bajram 17 July End of Ramadan.
2 Shawwal 18 July
3 Shawwal 19 July
10 Dhu al-Hijjah Eid al-Adha Kurbanski bajram 23 September Although Eid al-Adha lasts four days only three days are holidays according to the law.
11 Dhu al-Hijjah 24 September
12 Dhu al-Hijjah 25 September
Jewish holidays
15 Nisan Pesach Pasha 3 April
16 Nisan 4 April
10 Tishrei Yom Kippur Jom Kipur 23 September
11 Tishrei 24 September

Unofficial holidays edit

In addition to the official state, other and religious holidays; many other religious, ethnic, and other traditional holidays populate the calendar. These are rarely observed by businesses as non-working days.

Date Name Local name 2015 Date Remarks
Religious holidays
Orthodox holidays
14 January Orthodox New Year Pravoslavna Nova godina
Православна Нова година
14 January Celebrated as the start of the New Year by the Julian calendar.
Catholic holidays
15 August Assumption of Mary Velika Gospa 15 August
Muslim holidays
1 Muharram Islamic New Year Nova hidžretska godina 14 October
12 Rabi' al-awwal Mawlid Mevlud 23 December
27 Rajab Laylat al-Mi'raj Lejletul Mi'radž 16 May
15 Sha'aban Laylat al-Bara'at Lejletul berat 2 June
1 Ramadan First day of Ramadan Prvi dan posta 18 June
27 Ramadan Laylat al-Qadr Lejletul kadr 14 July
Jewish holidays
1 Tishrei Rosh Hashanah Roš Hašana 13 September

See also edit

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