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

Public holidays

Public Holidays
Date Name Serbian name
(Cyrillic) 		Serbian name
(Latin) 		Remarks
1 January1 New Year's Day Нова Година Nova Godina
2 January1
7 January Christmas Day Божић Božić Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar
15 February 1 Statehood Day Дан државности
(Сретење)		 Dan državnosti
(Sretenje)		 Anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising and Serbian Revolution in 1804 and the first Constitution in 1835.
16 February 1
moveable
Easter – 2 days		 Great Friday Велики петак Veliki petak Serbian Orthodox Church calculates Easter using Orthodox Computus
moveable
Easter + 1 day		 Easter Monday Васкрсни понедељак (Ускрсни понедељак) Vaskrsni ponedeljak (Uskrsni ponedeljak)
1 May 1 Labour Day Празник рада Praznik rada
2 May 1
11 November 1 Armistice Day Дан примирја Dan primirja

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.

Religious holidays
Serbian Orthodox Christians
Date Name Serbian name
(Cyrillic) 		Serbian name
(Latin) 		Remarks
varies Krsna slava Крсна слава Krsna slava Family patron saint
Western Christians & Revised Julian calendar Eastern Orthodox Christians
Date Name Serbian name
(Cyrillic) 		Serbian name
(Latin) 		Remarks
December 25 Christmas Day Божић Božić
Western Christians
Date Name Serbian name
(Cyrillic) 		Serbian name
(Latin) 		Remarks
varies Good Friday Велики петак Veliki petak
varies Easter Monday Ускрсни понедељак Uskrsni ponedeljak
Muslims
Date Name Serbian name
(Cyrillic) 		Serbian name
(Latin) 		Remarks
1 Shawwal Eid al-Fitr Рамазански Бајрам Ramazanski Bajram
10 Dhu al-Hijjah Eid al-Adha Курбански Бајрам Kurbanski Bajram
Jews
Date Name Serbian name
(Cyrillic) 		Serbian name
(Latin) 		Remarks
10 Tishrei Yom Kippur Јом Кипур Jom Kipur

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 Serbian name
(Cyrillic) 		Serbian name
(Latin) 		Remarks
27 January Saint Sava Day Савиндан Savindan Serbian 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 April Holocaust, Genocide and other Fascist Crimes Victims of the World War II Remembrance Day Дан сећања на жртве холокауста, геноцида и других жртава фашизма у Другом светском рату Dan sećanja na žrtve holokausta, genocida i drugih žrtava fašizma u Drugom svetskom ratu Remembrance on the prisoner breakout from Jasenovac concentration camp.
9 May Victory Day Дан победе Dan pobede Remembrance on the end of World War II in Europe.
28 June Vidovdan
(Saint Vitus Day)		 Видовдан Vidovdan Remembrance on the Battle of Kosovo.

According to Julian calendar (in the Gregorian calendar it's observed on 15 June).
15 September Day of Serb Unity, Freedom and the National Flag Дан српског јединства, слободе и националне заставе Dan srpskog jedinstva, slobode i nacionalne zastave Remembrance on the breakthrough of the Macedonian Front in World War I.
21 October World War II Serbian Victims Remembrance Day Дан сећања на српске жртве у Другом светском рату Dan sećanja na srpske žrtve u Drugom svetskom ratu Remembrance on the Kragujevac massacre.

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