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Serbian and Montenegrin HolidaysVarious public & national holidays observed in Serbia and Montenegro |
| sitesworld.comDate | Name | Local Name | Date | Date | Remarks |
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| 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, Praznik rada | May 1 | ||
| May 21 | May 2 | ||||
| November 111 | Armistice Day | Дан примирја, Dan primirja | November 11 | sitesworld.com | |
1 If one of the non-religious holidays falls on a Sunday, then the next working day is a non-working day.
| sitesworld.com Additional religious holidays | |||||
| Western Christians & Revised Julian Calendar Orthodox Christians | |||||
| Date | Name | Local Name | Date | Date | Remarks |
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| December 25 | Christmas Day | Божић, Božić | December 25 | ||
| Western Christians | |||||
| Date | Name | Local Name | Date | 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 | Date | Date | Remarks |
| varies | Slava | Крсна слава, Krsna slava | varies | Patron saint of the family - varies among families | |
| Muslims | |||||
| Date | Name | Local Name | Date | Date | Remarks |
| 1 Shawwal | Eid ul-Fitr | Πамазански 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 | Date | Date | Remarks |
| 10 Tishrei | Yom Kippur | Јом Кипур, Jom Kipur | September 26 | September 14 | sitesworld.com |
| sitesworld.com Working Holidays | |||||
| Date | Name | Local Name | Date | Date | Remarks |
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| 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 sitesworld.com | |
* By Law, defined only as Victory day.