Holiday Guide for Bulgaria in 2023

Bulgaria information

Population: 6.93m
Capital: Sofia
Calling Code: (359)
Time Zone: +2 UTC
Currency: Bulgarian lev
Language: Bulgarian

List of National Holidays in Bulgaria in 2023

	Sunday January 1st New Year's Day Bulgaria: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
	Monday January 2nd Long Weekend! New Year's Day (in lieu) Bulgaria: As New Year's Day is on a Sunday in 2023, the following Monday will be a Public Holiday.
	Friday March 3rd Long Weekend! Liberation Day Bulgaria: March 3rd is Bulgaria's National Day. It honours the Bulgarian volunteers who, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 with the assistance of Russian and Romania.
	Friday April 14th Long Weekend! Orthodox Good Friday Bulgaria: Easter is the principal festival of Greece and the Orthodox Church
	Saturday April 15th Orthodox Holy Saturday Bulgaria: Orthodox Holy Saturday takes place on the Day before Orthodox Easter.
	Sunday April 16th Orthodox Easter Day Bulgaria: Easter is the most significant religious holiday for the world's roughly 300 million Orthodox Christians. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus has been placed after his crucifixion.
	Monday April 17th Long Weekend! Orthodox Easter Monday Bulgaria: The Orthodox church uses the Julian calendar for the calculation of Easter, which can often mean that Orthodox Easter falls later than Easter observed elsewhere
	Monday May 1st Long Weekend! Labour Day (in lieu) Bulgaria: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Saturday May 6th St. George's Day Bulgaria: St. George is the patron saint of Portugal, Georgia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia, and many cities across Europe
	Monday May 8th Long Weekend! St. George's Day (in lieu) Bulgaria: As St. George's Day falls on Saturday in 2023, the following Monday will be a public holiday.
	Wednesday May 24th Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture Bulgaria: Slavic missionaries Cyril (Constantine) and Metod (Methodius) came to Great Moravia
	Wednesday September 6th Unification Day Bulgaria: Commemorates the unification of Eastern Rumelia and the Principality of Bulgaria on this day in 1885
	Friday September 22nd Long Weekend! Independence Day Bulgaria: Bulgarian Independence Day marks Bulgaria's independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1908
	Sunday December 24th Christmas Eve Bulgaria: The highlight of Bulgarian Christmas Eve is a feast marking the end of the fasting of advent
	Monday December 25th Long Weekend! Christmas Day Bulgaria: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
	Tuesday December 26th Second Day of Christmas Bulgaria: Several countries and regions around the world extend their public holidays for Christmas beyond 25th December
	Wednesday December 27th Third Day of Christmas Bulgaria: The third day of Christmas is an additional holiday as Christmas Eve falls on a Sunday in 2023