Public holidays in Romania

Following is a list of holidays in Romania.

Official non-working holidays

Date	Local name	English name	Remarks
January 1	Anul Nou	New Year's Day
January 2	Anul Nou	Day after New Year's Day
January 24	Unirea Principatelor Române/Mica Unire	Union Day/Small Union	It celebrates the unification of the Romanian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859, and the foundation of the Romanian modern state.[1]
April/May	Paștele	Easter	The official holiday is the Orthodox Easter. The holiday is three days long, the Easter Sunday and Monday are non-working, Tuesday is not a public holiday.
May 1	Ziua Muncii	Labour Day	International Labour Day
May/June	Rusaliile	Pentecost, Whit Monday	The 50th and 51st day after the Orthodox Easter.
August 15	Adormirea Maicii Domnului/Sfânta Maria Mare	Dormition of the Theotokos	Also the Day of the Romanian Naval Forces since St. Mary is the patron saint of the Navy.
November 30	Sfântul Andrei	St. Andrew's Day	Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Romania.
December 1	Ziua Națională/Marea Unire	National Day/Great Union	It celebrates the union of Transylvania with Romania.
December 25/26	Crăciunul	Christmas	Both first and second Christmas Day are holidays. Third Christmas Day is not a public holiday.

Other working holidays and observances

Date	Name	Remarks
January 24	Unirea Principatelor Române/Mica Unire	Union Day/Small Union. It celebrates the unification of the Romanian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859, and the foundation of the Romanian modern state.
February 19	Brâncuși Day[2]	Not a public holiday.
March 8	Women's Day	A public holiday for women
Last Sunday in March	Earth Hour	Not a public holiday
First Sunday in April	NATO Day	Not a public holiday – observed by the Government institutions
April 22	Earth Day	Not a public holiday
May 9	Victory Day/Europe Day	Not a public holiday – Romania celebrates the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945. Also, starting 2007, Romania observes Europe Day.
May 10	Independence Day/King's Day	National holiday - it celebrates Romania's victorious independence war against the Ottoman Empire in 1877-1878, concluded with the recognition of Romania's independence. Also, Romania celebrates the crowning of Carol I as its first king, as well as all the kings of the Romanian monarchy.
May/June	Heroes' Day/Ascension	The 40th day from the Orthodox Easter. Not a public holiday - observed with military and religious festivities at the monuments dedicated to the national heroes (such as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier)
June 1	Children's Day	Not a public holiday
June 26	National Flag Day	Not a public holiday
July 29	National Anthem Day	Date when Deşteaptă-te, române! was first performed, in 1848 at Râmnicu Vâlcea - not a public holiday
August 23	Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day/Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Fascism and Communism	National holiday between 1949 and 1990. On 23 August 1944, King Michael I joined with pro-Allied opposition politicians and led a successful coup against Conducător of Romania, Marshal Ion Antonescu's fascist government. Romania joins the Allies and participates alongside the Red Army in liberating Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Austria from Nazi occupation. Since 2011, Romania observes the European Day for Commemoration of the Victims of Totalitarian and Authoritarian regimes, also as a reminder of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact signed on this day in 1939 – which resulted in Romania losing most of the region that is now Moldova and parts of Ukraine.
October 25	Armed Forces Day	Not a public holiday. Observed by the Romanian Army and its veterans on the anniversary of the liberation of Carei, the last Romanian city under horthyst-fascist occupation during World War II. Also the birthday of King Michael I
November 14	Dobrogea Day	Date which celebrates the integration of Northern Dobruja into Romania in 1878.
November 19	Men's Day	A public holiday for men.[3]
November 28	Bucovina Day	Date which celebrates the Union of Bucovina with Romania in 1918.
December 8	Constitution Day	Date when the referendum on the Romanian Constitution was held in 1991 thus establishing the first democratic republic.
December 21	Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Communism in Romania	Marks the peak of the victorious Romanian Revolution of 1989 and commemorates the victims who fell in the violent street confrontations between 16 and 27 December.

Traditional holidays - working observances

Date	Name	Remarks
February 24	Dragobetele	Similar to St. Valentine's Day
March 1	Mărțișorul	Spring festival

References

• Public holidays in Romania

1. "Legea prin care 24 ianuarie a fost declarată zi liberă nelucrătoare a fost promulgată de Iohannis". Mediafax (in Romanian). 7 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
2. "Legea pentru declararea Zilei Brâncuşi ca sărbătoare naţională a fost promulgată de Iohannis" (in Romanian). Mediafax. 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
3. "E OFICIAL! Românii vor avea Ziua Bărbatului în 19 noiembrie: "Sărbătorirea celor două zile este un prilej de a îmbunătăţii relaţiile dintre sexe"". Mediafax.ro. Retrieved 2016-06-20.