Day of Republika Srpska


Day of Republika Srpska is the national holiday of Republika Srpska proclaimed unconstitutional by Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The holiday is celebrated on January 9, and its unofficial patron saint is Saint Archdeacon Stephen, which falls on the same day.

January 9, 1992

On January 9, 1992 in Sarajevo, the unconstitutional Assembly of the Serbian people in Bosnia and Herzegovina issued the Declaration of the proclamation of the Republic of Serbian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a main goal of seceding from Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, nowadays Bosnia and Herzegovina. The republic has been proclaimed on the territories of illegally formed Serb Autonomous Regions, including the areas where Serbs were constituting a minority..