National holidays
Bulgaria has in total fourteen Christian and national holidays.
When suitable, long weekend holidays are offered as well. This happens when holiday falls in weekend, a substitution day is offered the following Monday.
Bulgaria has in total fourteen Christian and national holidays.
When suitable, long weekend holidays are offered as well. This happens when holiday falls in weekend, a substitution day is offered the following Monday.
DAY | DATE | HOLIDAY | COMMENTS |
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Tuesday | January 01 | New Years Day | - |
Sunday | March 03 | Liberation Day | National Day. Bulgaria's Liberation from the Ottoman Empire |
Monday | March 04 | Substitution day | |
Friday | April 26 | Orthodox Good Friday | Movable |
Sunday | April 28 | Orthodox Easter Sunday | Movable |
Monday | April 29 | Orthodox Easter Monday | Movable |
Wednesday | May 01 | Labour Day | Labour and International Workers’ Solidarity Day |
Monday | May 06 | St Georges Day | Day of the Bulgarian Army |
Friday | May 24 | St Cyril and Methodius Day | Bulgarian Education, Culture, and Cyrillic Script Day |
Friday | September 06 | Unification Day | Commemorates the unification of Eastern Rumelia and Bulgaria in 1885 |
Sunday | September 22 | Independence Day | Independence from Ottoman Empire in 1908 |
Monday | September 23 | Substitution day | |
Tuesday | December 24 | Christmas Eve | - |
Wednesday | December 25 | Christmas Day | - |
Thirsday | December 26 | Second Day of Christmas | - |