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.^[1]

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year	Новы год (Novy Hod)
January 7	Orthodox Christmas	Каляды праваслаўныя (Kalady pravasłaŭnyja)
March 8	International Women's Day	Мiжнародны жаночы дзень (Mižnarodny žanočy dzień)
May 1	International Labor Day	Дзень працы (Dzień Pracy)
May 9	Victory Day	Дзень Перамогi (Dzień Pieramohi)	Marks the victory against Germany in World War II
July 3	Independence Day	Дзень Незалежнасцi (Dzień Niezaležnasci)	Adopted in 1996, in commemoration of the Red Army's 1944 liberation of Minsk during the Minsk Offensive
November 7	October Revolution Day	Дзень Кастрычніцкай рэвалюцыі (Dzień Kastryčnickaj revalucyi)
December 25	Catholic Christmas	Каляды каталiцкiя (Kalady katalickija)
moveable	Commemoration Day	Радунiца (Radunica)	9 days after Orthodox Easter

Other holidays and commemorative days

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
February 23	Defender of the Fatherland and Armed Forces day	Дзень абаронцы Айчыны (Dzień abaroncy Ajčyny)
March 15	Constitution Day	Дзень Канстытуцыi (Dzień Kanstytucyji)	Adopted in 1994
April 2	Unity of Peoples of Russia and Belarus Day	Дзень яднання народаў Беларусi i Расii (Dzień jadnańnia narodaŭ Biełarusi i Rasii)
April 26	Chernobyl tragedy commemorative day	Dzień čarnobylskaj trahiedyji
Second Sunday of May	State Flag and State Emblem Day	Дзень Дзяржаўнага Сцяга i Дзяржаўнага Герба (Dzień Dziaržaŭnaha Sciaha i Dziaržaŭnaha Hierba)
June 22	Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Great Patriotic War	Дзень усенароднай памяці ахвяр Вялікай Айчыннай вайны (Dzień usienarodnaj pamiaci achviar Vialikaj Ajčynnaj vajny)	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 (Brest) in which the Eastern Front began.

In additional there are a number of traditional holidays.

Date	English Name	Local Name
July 6/7	Kupalle	Купалле (Kupalle)
November 2	Dziady	Дзяды (Dziady)
moveable	Catholic Easter	Вялiкдзень каталiцкi (Vialikdzień katalicki)
moveable	Orthodox Easter	Вялiкдзень праваслаўны (Vialikdzień pravasłaŭny)

References

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