Holiday Guide for Bulgaria in 2026

Bulgaria information

Population: 6.93m
Capital: Sofia
Calling Code: (359)
Time Zone: 0 UTC
Currency: Bulgarian lev
Language: Bulgarian

List of National Holidays in Bulgaria in 2026

	Thursday January 1st New Year's Day Bulgaria: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
	Friday January 2nd Long Weekend! Public Holiday Bulgaria: Two days of public holidays to ensure the smooth transition to the euro currency.
	Tuesday March 3rd Liberation Day Bulgaria: March 3rd is Bulgaria's National Day. It honours the Bulgarian volunteers who, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 with the assistance of Russian and Romania.
	Friday April 10th Long Weekend! Orthodox Good Friday Bulgaria: Easter is the principal festival of Greece and the Orthodox Church
	Saturday April 11th Orthodox Holy Saturday Bulgaria: Orthodox Holy Saturday takes place on the Day before Orthodox Easter.
	Sunday April 12th Orthodox Easter Day Bulgaria: 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.
	Monday April 13th Long Weekend! Orthodox Easter Monday Bulgaria: 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
	Friday May 1st Long Weekend! Labour Day Bulgaria: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Wednesday May 6th St. George's Day Bulgaria: St. George is the patron saint of Portugal, Georgia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia, and many cities across Europe
	Sunday May 24th Day of Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavonic Literature Bulgaria: Slavic missionaries Cyril (Constantine) and Metod (Methodius) came to Great Moravia
	Monday May 25th Long Weekend! Day of Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavonic Literature (in lieu) Bulgaria: Slavic missionaries Cyril (Constantine) and Metod (Methodius) came to Great Moravia
	Sunday September 6th Unification Day Bulgaria: Commemorates the unification of Eastern Rumelia and the Principality of Bulgaria on this day in 1885
	Monday September 7th Long Weekend! Unification Day (in lieu) Bulgaria: Commemorates the unification of Eastern Rumelia and the Principality of Bulgaria on this day in 1885
	Tuesday September 22nd Independence Day Bulgaria: Bulgarian Independence Day marks Bulgaria's independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1908
	Thursday December 24th Christmas Eve Bulgaria: The highlight of Bulgarian Christmas Eve is a feast marking the end of the fasting of advent
	Friday December 25th Long Weekend! Christmas Day Bulgaria: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
	Monday December 28th Long Weekend! Second Day of Christmas Bulgaria: Several countries and regions around the world extend their public holidays for Christmas beyond 25th December
	Thursday December 31st New Year's Eve Bulgaria: The last day of the year in the Gregorian calendar is usually celebrated with parties as midnight approaches