Dates of Significance
Author
Nina Evason,
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The Eastern Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar, while Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions follow events according to the Gregorian calendar. Thus, the dates of seminal Christian events are celebrated on different days in North Macedonia than what is familiar in the English-speaking West.
- New Year’s Day – 1st of January
- Epiphany – 6th of January
- Christmas Day – January 7th of January
- Easter – Varies each year
- Labour Day – 1st of May
- Saints Cyril and Methodius Day – 24th of May
- End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr) – 26th of June
- St. Ilijas Day and Republic Day – 2nd of August
- Independence Day – 8th of September
- Feast of Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha) – Varies each year
- Day of People’s Uprising – 11th of October
- Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle – 23rd of October
- Albanian Alphabet Day – 22nd of November
- Saint Kliment Ohridski’s Day – 8th of December
- New Year’s Eve – 31st of December