Public holidays in Belarus


National holidays in Belarus are classified into state holidays and other holidays and commemorative days, including religious holidays. Nine of them are non-working days.
DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks
January 1–2New Year's DayНовы год
January 7Orthodox ChristmasКаляды праваслаўныя
March 8International Women's DayМiжнародны жаночы дзень
moveableRadonitsaРадунiца 9 days after Orthodox Easter
May 1International Labor DayДзень працы
May 9Victory DayДзень Перамогi Marks the victory against Germany in World War II
July 3Independence DayДзень Незалежнасцi Adopted in 1996, in commemoration of the Red Army's 1944 liberation of Minsk during the Minsk Offensive
November 7October Revolution DayДзень Кастрычніцкай рэвалюцыі
December 25Catholic ChristmasКаляды каталiцкiя

Other holidays and commemorative days
DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks
February 23Defender of the Fatherland and Armed Forces dayДзень абаронцы Айчыны і Дзень Узброеных Сіл
March 4Day of the Police of BelarusДзень міліцыі Беларусі
March 15Constitution DayДзень Канстытуцыi Adopted in 1994
April 2Unity of Peoples of Russia and Belarus DayДзень яднання народаў Беларусі i Расii
April 26Chernobyl tragedy commemorative dayDzień čarnobylskaj trahiedyji
Second Sunday of MayState Flag and State Emblem DayДзень Дзяржаўнага Сцяга i Дзяржаўнага Герба
June 22Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Great Patriotic WarДзень усенароднай памяці ахвяр Вялікай Айчыннай вайны In solemn remembrance of all the victims of the Second World War, and in commemoration of the heroic last stand of Brest Fortress in 1941, on the very country and city in which the Eastern Front began.

Also, there are a number of traditional holidays.
DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks
July 6/7KupalleКупалле
November 2DziadyДзяды
moveableCatholic EasterВялiкдзень каталiцкi
moveableOrthodox EasterВялiкдзень праваслаўны