Public holidays in Romania

The following is a list of public holidays in Romania. According to Romanian law, Romania had 51 public holidays as of 2011, which cover 14% of the days of the year in the country.^[1]

Soldiers on a parade during the National Day of Romania, 1 December 2008

Official non-working holidays

Date	Romanian name	English name	Remarks
1-2 January	Anul Nou	New Year's Day
6 January	Bobotează	Epiphany	Public holiday starting with 2024[citation needed]
7 January	Sfântul Ion	Saint John the Baptist	Public holiday starting with 2024[citation needed]
24 January	Ziua Unirii Principatelor Române	Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities	Celebrates unification of the Romanian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859 and the foundation of the Romanian modern state.[2] A non-working day since 2016.
1 May	Ziua Muncii	Labour Day	International Labour Day
April/May	Paștele	Good Friday, Easter, Easter Monday	The official holiday is the Orthodox Easter. The holiday is three days long, Good Friday,[3] Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are non-working.
1 June	Ziua Copilului	Children's Day	Public holiday starting with 2017[4]
May/June	Rusaliile	Pentecost, Pentecost Monday	The 50th and 51st day after the Orthodox Easter.
15 August	Adormirea Maicii Domnului/Sfânta Maria Mare	Dormition of the Mother of God	Also the Day of the Romanian Naval Forces since St. Mary is the patron saint of the Navy.
30 November	Sfântul Andrei	Saint Andrew's Day	Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Romania.
1 December	Ziua Națională a României	National Day of Romania	It celebrates the unification of Transylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina with the Kingdom of Romania.
25-26 December	Crăciunul	Christmas Day	Both first and second Christmas Day are holidays.

Other working holidays and observances

Date	Name	Remarks
15 January	National Culture Day[5]	Celebration of the birth of the Romanian poet Mihai Eminescu.[5]
27 January	International Holocaust Remembrance Day
19 February	Brâncuși Day[6]	Not a public holiday.
20 February	World Day of Social Justice
8 March	Women's Day	Observes International Women's Day[7]
9 March	Anti-Communist Political Prisoners' Day[8]
20 March	International Francophonie Day and International Day of Happiness
21 March	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, World Down Syndrome Day, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty[9] and Oltenia Day
22 March	World Water Day
24 March	World Tuberculosis Day
25 March	Romanian Police Day and International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
27 March	Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania	Celebrates the Union of Bessarabia with Romania.
Last or second-to-last Saturday in March (March 31 in 2024)	Earth Hour	Not a public holiday
First Sunday in April (April 7 in 2024)	NATO Day	Not a public holiday – observed by the Government institutions
2 April	World Autism Awareness Day
3 April	Romanian Gendarmerie Day
7 April	World Health Day
8 April	Day of the Romani Ethnicity of Romania
22 April	Earth Day	Not a public holiday
23 April	Railway Day, Librarian Day, World Book Day, National Day of the Romanian Tax Consultant
29 April	War Veterans' Day[10]
First Sunday in May (May 5 in 2024)	Mother's Day
Second Sunday in May (May 12 in 2024)	Father's Day, Teenager's Day and National Dress Day
2 May	National Youth Day
3 May	World Press Freedom Day
5 May	Day of the Tatar Language
8 May	Equality of Opportunities Between Women and Men Day
9 May	Independence Day,[11] Victory Day and Europe Day	It celebrates Romania's proclamation of independence during the war against the Ottoman Empire in 1877–1878, concluded with the recognition of Romania's independence. Romania celebrates the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945. Also, starting 2007, Romania observes Europe Day.
10 May	Monarchy Day, Balkan Romanianness Day	The first celebrates the crowning of Carol I as its first king, as well as all the kings of the Romanian monarchy.
14 May	International Humanitarian Rights Day
15 May	National Veterinary Day and International Day of Families
21 May	World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
24 May	Bulgarian Language Day[12]
25 May	Slovak Language Day
27 May	Mihai Viteazul Day	In 1600, Michael the Brave briefly unified Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia under his rule.
31 May	Military Reserves Day
Last Sunday in May (May 26 in 2024)	Day of the Romanians Everywhere, Romanian Businessperson Day
May/June (June 13 in 2024)	Heroes' Day/Ascension	The 40th day from the Orthodox Easter. Not a public holiday – observed with military and religious festivities at the monuments dedicated to the national heroes (such as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier)
1 June	Parents' Day
2 June	National Adoption Day
4 June	International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression and Trianon Treaty Day.
5 June	National Day Against Child Abuse and World Environment Day
14 June	World Blood Donor Day
20 June	World Refugee Day
26 June	National Flag Day, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
First Sunday in July (July 7 in 2024)	Justice Day
Second Sunday in July (July 14 in 2024)	Statistician Day
20 July	Romanian Aviation and Air Force Day
24 July	Romanian Border Police Day
28 July	National Ambulance Day and World Hepatitis Day
29 July	National Anthem Day	Date when Deșteaptă-te, române! was first performed, in 1848 at Râmnicu Vâlcea – not a public holiday
30 July	Friendship Day
15 August	Romanian Navy Day
23 August	Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day and Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Fascism and Communism	National holiday between 1949 and 1990. On 23 August 1944, King Michael I joined with pro-Allied opposition politicians and led a successful coup against Conducător of Romania, Marshal Ion Antonescu's fascist government. Romania joins the Allies and participates alongside the Red Army in further operations in countries under Nazi occupation. Since 2011, Romania observes the European Day for Commemoration of the Victims of Totalitarian and Authoritarian regimes, also as a reminder of the Molotov–Ribbentrop pact signed on this day in 1939 – which resulted in Romania losing most of the region that is now Moldova and parts of Ukraine (see Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina).
31 August	Romanian Language Day
1 September	Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Day
10 September	World Suicide Prevention Day
13 September	Firefighters of Romania's Day
14 September	Romanian Engineer's Day
15 September	International Day of Democracy
21 September	International Day of Peace
28 September	Czech Language Day
29 September	World Heart Day
1 October	International Day of Older Persons and Romanian Diver's Day
5 October	World Education Day
9 October	World Post Day
10 October	World Mental Health Day
11 October	Transylvanian Schools Day
17 October	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
24 October	United Nations Day
25 October	Armed Forces Day	Not a public holiday. Observed by the Romanian Army and its veterans on the anniversary of the liberation of Carei, the last Romanian city under horthyst-fascist occupation during World War II. Also the birthday of King Michael I
11 November	Veterans' Day
14 November	Dobruja Day and World Diabetes Day	Date which celebrates the integration of Northern Dobruja into Romania in 1878.
16 November	International Day for Tolerance and Romanian World Heritage Day
19 November	Men's Day and Romanian Researcher and Designer Day	Observes men's day[7]
28 November	Bukovina Day	Date which celebrates the Union of Bukovina with Romania in 1918.
Third Thursday of November (November 21 in 2024)	National Day Without Tobacco
Third Sunday of November (November 17 in 2024)	World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
1 December	World AIDS Day
2 December	International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 December	United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities
8 December	Constitution Day	Date when the referendum on the Romanian Constitution was held in 1991 thus establishing the first democratic republic.
9 December	International Anti-Corruption Day
10 December	Human Rights Day
13 December	Day of the Tatar Ethnicity of Romania
16 December	National Solidarity Day Against Dictatorship
18 December	Day of the National Minorities of Romania
20 December	International Human Solidarity Day
21 December	Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Communism in Romania	Marks the peak of the victorious Romanian Revolution of 1989 and commemorates the victims who fell in the violent street confrontations between 16 and 27 December.
22 December	Romanian Revolution Victory and Freedom Day

Traditional holidays – working observances

Date	Name	Remarks
24 February	Dragobetele	Similar to St. Valentine's Day
1 March	Mărțișorul	Spring festival

See also

• Public holidays in Moldova
• Public holidays in Transnistria

References

1. Rata, Marinela (26 September 2011). "Câte zile naționale are România". România Liberă (in Romanian).
2. "Legea prin care 24 ianuarie a fost declarată zi liberă nelucrătoare a fost promulgată de Iohannis". Mediafax (in Romanian). 7 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
3. "Iohannis a promulgat legea prin care Vinerea Mare este sărbătoare legală nelucrătoare". Mediafax (in Romanian). 12 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
4. Inteligo. "Din 2017, salariații vor sta acasă și de Ziua Copilului. 1 iunie, inclusă de azi pe lista liberelor legale". Avocatnet.ro. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
5. "DOCUMENTAR: 15 ianuarie, Ziua Culturii Naţionale". Agerpres (in Romanian). 13 January 2017.
6. "Legea pentru declararea Zilei Brâncuşi ca sărbătoare naţională a fost promulgată de Iohannis" (in Romanian). Mediafax. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
7. "Legea nr. 22/2016 – declararea zilei de 8 martie — Ziua femeii si 19 noiembrie — Ziua bărbatului". Legeaz.net. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
8. Mironescu, Vlad (23 April 2012). "9 martie, "Ziua Deținuților Politici Anticomuniști"". Gândul (in Romanian).
9. "Ziua internaţională a pădurilo (ONU)". Agerpres (in Romanian). 21 March 2020.
10. "Ziua Veteranilor de Război". Agerpres (in Romanian). 28 April 2015.
11. Cristea, Irina Andreea (9 May 2018). "9 Mai – Ziua Independenţei de Stat a României". www.agerpres.ro (in Romanian). Agerpres. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
12. Mărgăritescu, Andrei (24 May 2015). "Ziua Limbii Bulgare, introdusă prin lege în România". România Liberă (in Romanian).

External links

• Public holidays in Romania
• List of public holidays in Romania