Public holidays in Montenegro

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This is a list of public holidays in Montenegro.

## Official holidays

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

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).

Date  | Name  | Local name  | 2015 Date  | Remarks

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State holidays
21 May  | Independence Day | Dan nezavisnosti
Дан независности | 21 May  | Anniversary of the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006.
22 May
22 May
13 July  | Statehood Day | Dan državnosti
Дан државности | 13 July  | Anniversary 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 July  | 14 July
Other holidays
1 January  | New Year's Day | Nova godina
Нова година | 1 January  |
2 January  | 2 January
1 May  | Labour Day | Praznik rada
Празник рада | 1 May  |
2 May  | 2 May
13 November  | Njegos Day | Njegošev dan
Његошев дан | 13 November  |
14 November  | 14 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 January  | 8 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 | 13 April
Roman Catholic holidays
24 December  | Christmas Eve | Badnji dan | 24 December  |
25 December  | Christmas | Božić | 25 December  |
26 December  | 26 December  |
varies | Good Friday | Veliki petak | 3 April  |
varies | Easter | Uskrs | 5 April  | By the law only the second day of Easter, the Easter Monday, is a holiday.
varies | 6 April
1 November  | All Saints' Day | Svi Sveti | 1 November  |
Muslim holidays
1 Shawwal | Eid ul-Fitr | Ramazanski bajram | 17 July  | End of Ramadan.
2 Shawwal  | 18 July
3 Shawwal  | 19 July
10 Dhu al-Hijjah | Eid al-Adha | Kurbanski bajram | 23 September  | Although Eid al-Adha lasts four days only three days are holidays according to the law.
11 Dhu al-Hijjah  | 24 September
12 Dhu al-Hijjah  | 25 September
Jewish holidays
15 Nisan | Pesach | Pasha | 3 April  |
16 Nisan  | 4 April
10 Tishrei | Yom Kippur | Jom Kipur | 23 September  |
11 Tishrei  | 24 September

## Unofficial holidays

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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.

Date  | Name  | Local name  | 2015 Date  | Remarks

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Religious holidays
Orthodox holidays
14 January  | Orthodox New Year | Pravoslavna Nova godina
Православна Нова година | 14 January  | Celebrated as the start of the New Year by the Julian calendar.
Catholic holidays
15 August  | Assumption of Mary | Velika Gospa | 15 August  |
Muslim holidays
1 Muharram | Islamic New Year | Nova hidžretska godina | 14 October  |
12 Rabi' al-awwal | Mawlid | Mevlud | 23 December  |
27 Rajab | Laylat al-Mi'raj | Lejletul Mi'radž | 16 May  |
15 Sha'aban | Laylat al-Bara'at | Lejletul berat | 2 June  |
1 Ramadan | First day of Ramadan | Prvi dan posta | 18 June  |
27 Ramadan  | Laylat al-Qadr | Lejletul kadr | 14 July  |
Jewish holidays
1 Tishrei | Rosh Hashanah | Roš Hašana | 13 September  |

## See also

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* Public holidays in Yugoslavia

## References

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* ZAKON O DRŽAVNIM I DRUGIM PRAZNICIMA (Law on State and Other Holidays) \- Official Gazette of Montenegro Nr. 27/2007 (17.5.2007)
* ZAKON O SVETKOVANJU VJERSKIH PRAZNIKA (Law on Celebrating Religious Holidays) \- Official Gazette of Montenegro Nr. 56/1993 (29.12.1993)

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