Events and observations associated with the holidays we list may be canceled or otherwise affected due to measures taken to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Please check with event organizers for details.
Holidays and Observances in North Macedonia in 2020
Date | Name | Type | |
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Jan 1 | Wednesday | New Year's Day | National holiday |
Jan 6 | Monday | Orthodox Christmas Eve | Optional Holiday |
Jan 7 | Tuesday | Orthodox Christmas Day | National holiday, Orthodox |
Jan 19 | Sunday | Epiphany (Orthodox) | Optional Holiday |
Jan 27 | Monday | St Sava's Day | Optional Holiday |
Feb 14 | Friday | Valentine's Day | Observance |
Mar 8 | Sunday | Mothers' Day/International Women's Day | Observance |
Mar 20 | Friday | March Equinox | Season |
Mar 29 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time |
Apr 8 | Wednesday | International Romani Day (for Romani community) | Optional Holiday |
Apr 10 | Friday | Good Friday | Observance |
Apr 11 | Saturday | Easter Saturday | Observance |
Apr 12 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance |
Apr 13 | Monday | Easter Monday | Optional Holiday |
Apr 17 | Friday | Good Friday (Orthodox) | Optional Holiday |
Apr 18 | Saturday | Easter Saturday (Orthodox) | Observance, Orthodox |
Apr 19 | Sunday | Easter Sunday (Orthodox) | Observance, Orthodox |
Apr 20 | Monday | Easter Monday (Orthodox) | National holiday, Orthodox |
May 1 | Friday | Labor Day | National holiday |
May 23 | Saturday | Vlach’s National Day (for Vlach community) | Optional Holiday |
May 24 | Sunday | Eid al-Fitr | National holiday |
May 24 | Sunday | Saints Cyril and Methodius' Day | National holiday |
May 25 | Monday | Eid al-Fitr observed | National holiday |
May 25 | Monday | Saints Cyril and Methodius' Day observed | National holiday |
Jun 5 | Friday | Friday before Pentecost | Optional Holiday |
Jun 20 | Saturday | June Solstice | Season |
Jul 31 | Friday | Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) | Optional Holiday |
Aug 2 | Sunday | Republic Day | National holiday |
Aug 3 | Monday | Republic Day observed | National holiday |
Aug 28 | Friday | Feast of the Assumption of Mary (Orthodox) | Optional Holiday |
Sep 8 | Tuesday | Independence Day | National holiday |
Sep 13 | Sunday | Fathers' Day | Observance |
Sep 22 | Tuesday | September Equinox | Season |
Sep 28 | Monday | First day of Yom Kippur (Jewish community) | Optional Holiday |
Sep 28 | Monday | International Bosniaks' Day (for Bosniak community) | Optional Holiday |
Oct 11 | Sunday | Day of People’s Uprising | National holiday |
Oct 12 | Monday | Day of People’s Uprising observed | National holiday |
Oct 23 | Friday | Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle | National holiday |
Oct 25 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time |
Oct 31 | Saturday | Halloween | Observance |
Nov 1 | Sunday | All Saints' Day | Optional Holiday |
Nov 22 | Sunday | Albanian Alphabet Day (Albanian community) | Optional Holiday |
Dec 8 | Tuesday | Saint Kliment Ohridski's Day | National holiday |
Dec 21 | Monday | Turkish Language Day (Turkish community) | Optional Holiday |
Dec 21 | Monday | December Solstice | Season |
Dec 24 | Thursday | Christmas Eve | Observance |
Dec 25 | Friday | Christmas Day | Optional Holiday |
Dec 31 | Thursday | New Year's Eve | Observance |
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