National Holidays in North Macedonia in 2023
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: New Year's Day
- New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
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: New Year's Day (in lieu)
- As New year's Day falls on a Sunday in 2023, the following Monday will be a public holiday.
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: Orthodox Christmas
- The Orthodox Church recognises January 7th as the day that Jesus was born
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: Orthodox Easter Day
- Easter is the most significant religious holiday for the world's roughly 300 million Orthodox Christians. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus has been placed after his crucifixion.
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: Orthodox Easter Monday
- The Orthodox church uses the Julian calendar for the calculation of Easter, which can often mean that Orthodox Easter falls later than Easter observed elsewhere
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: Eid Al Fitr
- The festival of Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Fast breaking, marks the end of Ramadan
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: Labour Day
- This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
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: St. Cyril and St. Methodius
- In Macedonia, this day is celebrated following the Orthodox calendar on 24 May
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: Republic Day
- Marks the establishment of the Republic in 1944 and the Ilinden Uprising in 1903
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: Independence Day
- The Republic of Macedonia gained its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, where it was a federal state
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: Revolution Day
- Beginning of Anti-fascist war during WWII in 1941
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: Day of the Macedonian Revolution
- Marks the establishment of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) in 1893
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: St. Clement of Ohrid
- Saint Clement of Ohrid was a medieval Bulgarian saint, scholar, writer and enlightener of the Slavs
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