National Holidays in Slovenia in 2024
Upcoming Holidays in Slovenia
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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 Holiday
- This holiday was reinstated in 2017 after austerity measures ended.
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: Prešeren Day
- Commemorates the death of France Prešeren (1800 - 1849), a Slovene poet who is regarded as the greatest Slovene classical author
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: Easter Sunday
- Easter Sunday is the most important date in the Christian church. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus had been placed.
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: Easter Monday
- Easter is probably the most important holiday of the Christian year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
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: Resistance Day
- This holiday commemorates the establishment of the Liberation Front, an organisation that spearheaded the resistance movement against the occupying forces during the second world war.
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: May Day
- This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
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: May Day Holiday
- This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
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: Whit Sunday
- Celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter
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: Statehood Day
- Commemorates Slovenia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991
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: Assumption Day
- The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ
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: Reformation Day
- Commemorates the day in 1517 when Martin Luther nailed his 95 'these' to the door of the church in Wittenburg
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: Day of Remembrance of the Dead
- Pope Boniface IV dedicated the day as a holiday to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary and all martyrs
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: Christmas Day
- Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
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: Independence and Unity Day
- Commemorates the proclamation of the Slovenian independence referendum in 1990
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