Public holidays in Montenegro

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This is a list of public holidays in Montenegro.

Official holidays

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

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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).

DateNameLocal name2015 DateRemarks
State holidays
21 May Independence Day Dan nezavisnosti
Дан независности
21 MayAnniversary of the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006.
22 May
22 May
13 July Statehood Day Dan državnosti
Дан државности
13 JulyAnniversary 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 July14 July
Other holidays
1 January New Year's Day Nova godina
Нова година
1 January
2 January2 January
1 May Labour Day Praznik rada
Празник рада
1 May
2 May2 May
13 November Njegos Day Njegošev dan
Његошев дан
13 November
14 November14 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 January8 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 Orthodox Easter Monday Veliki ponedjeljak
Велики петак
13 April
Religious holidays
Catholic holidays
24 December Christmas Eve Badnji dan24 December
25 December Christmas Božić25 December
26 December26 December
varies Good Friday Veliki petak3 April
varies Easter Uskrs5 AprilBy the law only the second day of Easter, the Easter Monday, is a holiday.
varies6 April
1 November All Saints' Day Svi Sveti1 November
Muslim holidays
1 Shawwal Eid al-Fitr Ramazanski bajram17 JulyEnd of Ramadan.
2 Shawwal18 July
3 Shawwal19 July
10 Dhu al-Hijjah Eid al-Adha Kurbanski bajram24 SeptemberAlthough Eid al-Adha lasts four days only three days are holidays according to the law.
11 Dhu al-Hijjah25 September
12 Dhu al-Hijjah26 September
Jewish holidays
15 Nisan Pesach Pasha3 April
16 Nisan4 April
10 Tishrei Yom Kippur Jom Kipur23 September
11 Tishrei24 September

Unofficial holidays

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.

DateNameLocal name2015 DateRemarks
Religious holidays
Orthodox holidays
14 January Orthodox New Year Pravoslavna Nova godina
Православна Нова година
14 JanuaryCelebrated as the start of the New Year by the Julian calendar.
Catholic holidays
15 August Assumption of Mary Velika Gospa15 August
Muslim holidays
1 Muharram Islamic New Year Nova hidžretska godina14 October
12 Rabi' al-awwal Mawlid Mevlud23 December
27 Rajab Laylat al-Mi'raj Lejletul Mi'radž16 May
15 Sha'aban Laylat al-Bara'at Lejletul berat2 June
1 Ramadan First day of Ramadan Prvi dan posta18 June
27 Ramadan Laylat al-Qadr Lejletul kadr14 July
Jewish holidays
1 Tishrei Rosh Hashanah Roš Hašana13 September

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