Holidays

2. Official Non-working Holidays
January 1 April/May
- Easter The official holiday is the
- New Year's Day Orthodox Easter. The holiday is
two days long, the Easter Sunday
and Monday are non-working.

3. Official Non-working Holidays
May/June
- Pentecost,
Whit Monday
Both 50th and
51st days after
the Orthodox
Easter.

4. Official Non-working Holidays
May 1 August 15
- Labor Day Dormition of the
International Theotokos
Labor Day Also the Day of
the Romanian
Naval Forces
since St. Mary is
the patron saint
of the Navy

5. Official Non-working Holidays
December 1 December 25/26 Christmas
National holiday Both first and
(Great Union Day) second Christmas
It celebrates the Day are holidays.
Union of Transylvania Third Christmas Day
with Romania. is not a public
holiday.

6. Other official holidays and observances
January 24
- Unification Day
It celebrates the day
of the political union
between Wallachia
and Moldavia (when
Alexander John Cuza
was concomitantly
elected ruler of both
principalities), the
foundation of modern
Romania

7. Other official holidays
and observances
March 8 May/June
- Women's Day Heroes' Day
(Ascension)
The 40th day from
the Orthodox Easter

8. Other official holidays
and observances
July 29 December 8
National Anthem Day Constitution Day
Date when Referendum on
“Deşteaptă-te,române! the Romanian
was first performed, in Constitution was
1848 at Râmnicu Vâlcea held in 1991.

9. Traditional festivals and holidays
Date Name Remarks
February 24 Dragobetele similar to St.
Valentine's Day
March 1 Mărţişorul Spring festival

10. Other observances
Date Name Remarks
First Sunday NATO Day Not a public holiday
in April - observed by the
Government institutions
October 25 Armed Forces Day Observed by the
Romanian Army and
its veterans on the
anniversary of the
liberation of Carei, the
last Romanian city
under
occupation during World
War II.