Public holidays in Montenegro

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.

Note: If the first day of State and Other holidays falls on Sunday, then the next two working days are non-working days. And, If the second day of State and Other holidays falls on Sunday, then the next working day is a non-working day.

Date	Name	Local name	2015 Date	Remarks
State holidays
May 21	Independence Day	Dan nezavisnosti Дан независности	May 21	Anniversary of the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006.
May 22
			May 22
July 13	Statehood Day	Dan državnosti Дан државности	July 13	Anniversary of the day in 1878 on which the Berlin Congress recognized Montenegro as an independent state.
July 14			July 14
Other holidays
January 1	New Year's Day	Nova godina Нова година	January 1
January 2			January 2
May 1	Labour Day	Praznik rada Празник рада	May 1
May 2			May 2
Religious holidays
Orthodox holidays
January 6	Orthodox Christmas Eve	Badnji dan Бадњи дан	January 6	Orthodox Church uses the Julian Calendar.
January 7	Orthodox Christmas	Božić Божић	January 7
January 8			January 8
varies	Orthodox Good Friday	Veliki petak Велики петак	April 10	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	Vaskrs Васкрс	April 12
varies			April 13
varies	Slava	Krsna slava Крсна слава	varies	Patron saint of the family, varies among families.
Roman Catholic holidays
December 24	Christmas Eve	Badnji dan Nata e Krishtlindjes	December 24
December 25	Christmas	Božić Krishtlindja	December 25
December 26			December 26
varies	Good Friday	Veliki petak E Premtja e Madhe	April 3
varies	Easter	Uskrs Pashkët	April 5	By the law only the second day of Easter, the Easter Monday, is a holiday.
varies			April 6
November 1	All Saints' Day	Svi Sveti Dita e të gjithë Shenjtorëve	November 1
Muslim holidays
1 Shawwal	Eid ul-Fitr	Ramazanski bajram Fitër bajrami	July 17	End of Ramadan.
2 Shawwal			July 18
3 Shawwal			July 19
10 Dhu al-Hijjah	Eid al-Adha	Kurbanski bajram Kurban bajrami	September 23	Although Eid al-Adha lasts four days only three days are holidays according to the law.
11 Dhu al-Hijjah			September 24
12 Dhu al-Hijjah			September 25
Jewish holidays
15 Nisan	Pesach	Pasha	April 3
16 Nisan			April 4
10 Tishrei	Yom Kippur	Jom Kipur	September 23
11 Tishrei			September 24

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.

Date	Name	Local name	2015 Date	Remarks
Religious holidays
Orthodox holidays
January 14	Orthodox New Year	Pravoslavna Nova godina Православна Нова година	January 14	Celebrated as the start of the New Year by the Julian calendar.
Catholic holidays
August 15	Assumption of Mary	Velika Gospa Shën Mëria e Gushtit	August 15
Muslim holidays
1 Muharram	Islamic New Year	Nova hidžretska godina Viti i Ri hixhri	October 14
12 Rabi' al-awwal	Mawlid	Mevlud Mevludi	December 23
27 Rajab	Laylat al-Mi'raj	Lejletul Mi'radž Nata e Miraxhit	May 16
15 Sha'aban	Laylat al-Bara'at	Lejletul berat Nata e Beratit	June 2
1 Ramadan	First day of Ramadan	Prvi dan posta Dita e parë e agjërimit	June 18
27 Ramadan	Laylat al-Qadr	Lejletul kadr Nata e Kadrit	July 14
Jewish holidays
1 Tishrei	Rosh Hashanah	Roš Hašana	September 13
Ethnic holidays
Albanian holidays
March 7	Teachers' Day	Dita e Mësuesit	March 7	Anniversary of the opening of the first secular school which taught lessons in Albanian in 1887.
November 28	Albanian Independence Day	Dita e Flamurit	November 28	Anniversary of the Declaration of independence of Albania in 1912.

References

• 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)