Public holidays in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The holidays of Bosnia and Herzegovina include, in various jurisdictions:

Public holidays

  Public holiday of Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Public holiday of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Public holiday of Republika Srpska

  Catholic feast (public holiday of counties and municipalities in which Croats are the majority)

  Serbian Orthodox feast (public holiday of municipalities in which Serbs are the majority)

  Islamic feast (public holiday of counties and municipalities in which Bosniaks are the majority)

Date	English name	Local name	Remarks
1 January	New Year's Day	Nova Godina
2 January	2nd day of the New Year	Drugi dan Nove Godine
6 January	Epiphany	Bogojavljenje (Sveta Tri kralja)
7 January	Serbian Orthodox Christmas	Božić (Божић)
9 January	Republic Day	Dan Republike	The Bosnian Constitutional Court declared the annual holiday unconstitutional [1]
14 January	New Year's Day	Nova godina (Нова година)	According to the Julian calendar
1 March	Independence Day	Dan nezavisnosti
...	Easter	Uskrs	Easter always falls on a Sunday from 22 March to 25 April inclusive.
...	Easter Monday	Uskrsni ponedjeljak	Easter Monday always falls on a Monday from 23 March to 26 April inclusive.
...	Easter	Vaskrs (Васкрс)
1 May	Labour Day	Dan rada
2 May	2nd day of the Labour Day	Drugi dan Dana rada
60 days post Easter	Corpus Christi	Tijelovo or Brašančevo
9 May	Victory Day	Dan pobjede
15 August	Assumption of Mary	Uznesenje Blažene Djevice Marije (Velika Gospa)
28 August	Assumption of Mary	Velika Gospojina (Велика Госпојина)
1 November	All Saints Day	Svi Sveti
2 November	All Souls Day	Dušni dan
21 November	Dayton Agreement Day	Dan uspostave Opšteg okvirnog sporazuma za mir u Bosni i Hercegovini
25 November	Statehood Day	Dan državnosti	This holiday is celebrated in all cantons of the Federation entity except West Herzegovina
25 December	Catholic Christmas	Božić
26 December	Saint Stephen's Day	Stipandan (Stjepandan)
10th day of Dhul Hijja	Eid ul-Adha	Kurban Bajram	Religious holiday for 4 days
1st day of Shawwal	Eid ul-Fitr	Ramazanski Bajram	Religious holiday for 3 days

Feasts that are not official public holidays

  Catholic feast

  Serbian Orthodox feast

  Islamic feast

Date	English name	Local name	Remarks
6 May	St. George's Day	Đurđevdan
24 June	St. John the Baptist's Day	Ivanjdan or Ivendan
28 June	St. Vitus' Day	Vidovdan
12 July	St. Peter's Day	Petrovdan
2 August	St. Elijah's Day	Ilindan
8 September	Nativity of Virgin Mary	Rođenje Blažene Djevice Marije (Mala Gospa)
21 September	Nativity of Virgin Mary	Mala Gospojina
8 November	St. Demetrius' Day	Mitrovdan
27 December	St. John's Day	Ivanjdan or Ivendan
2nd day of Eid ul-Fitr	Festival of Breaking the Fast	Ramazanski Bajram

See also

• Public holidays in Yugoslavia

References

1. "Brcko Supervisor Rejects Bosnian Serb Referendum :: Balkan Insight". www.balkaninsight.com. Retrieved October 26, 2016.