Holiday Guide for North Macedonia in 2025

North Macedonia information

List of National Holidays in North Macedonia in 2025

	Wednesday January 1st New Year's Day North Macedonia: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
	Tuesday January 7th Orthodox Christmas North Macedonia: The Orthodox Church recognises January 7th as the day that Jesus was born
	Monday March 31st  Long Weekend!  Eid Al Fitr North Macedonia: The festival of Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Fast breaking, marks the end of Ramadan
	Sunday April 20th Orthodox Easter Day North Macedonia: 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 21st  Long Weekend!  Orthodox Easter Monday North Macedonia: 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
	Thursday May 1st Labour Day North Macedonia: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Saturday May 24th St. Cyril and St. Methodius North Macedonia: In Macedonia, this day is celebrated following the Orthodox calendar on 24 May
	Saturday August 2nd Republic Day North Macedonia: Marks the establishment of the Republic in 1944 and the Ilinden Uprising in 1903
	Monday September 8th  Long Weekend!  Independence Day North Macedonia: The Republic of Macedonia gained its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, where it was a federal state
	Saturday October 11th Revolution Day North Macedonia: Beginning of Anti-fascist war during WWII in 1941
	Thursday October 23rd Day of the Macedonian Revolution North Macedonia: Marks the establishment of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) in 1893
	Monday December 8th  Long Weekend!  St. Clement of Ohrid North Macedonia: Saint Clement of Ohrid was a medieval Bulgarian saint, scholar, writer and enlightener of the Slavs

Notes

• If a holiday falls on a weekend, the government usually issues a proclamation that the holiday will be observed on a different day
• The government has designated religious and ethnic community holidays that are only for those of specific faiths or ethnic communities