Holiday Guide for Moldova in 2025

Moldova information

Population: 2.62m
Capital: Chisinau
Calling Code: (373)
Time Zone: 0 UTC
Currency: Moldovan leu
Language: Romanian

List of National Holidays in Moldova in 2025

	Wednesday January 1st New Year's Day Moldova: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
	Tuesday January 7th Orthodox Christmas Moldova: The Orthodox Church recognises January 7th as the day that Jesus was born
	Wednesday January 8th Orthodox Christmas Holiday Moldova: The Orthodox Church recognises January 7th as the day that Jesus was born
	Saturday March 8th International Women's Day Moldova: The UN has declared March 8th to be a day to celebrate, recognise and remember women
	Sunday April 20th Orthodox Easter Day Moldova: 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 21st Long Weekend! Orthodox Easter Monday Moldova: 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
	Monday April 28th Long Weekend! Memorial Easter Moldova: A commemoration of the dead on the Second Monday after Easter
	Thursday May 1st Labour Day Moldova: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Friday May 9th Long Weekend! Victory Day Moldova: Celebrates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World War
	Sunday June 1st International Children's Day Moldova: The World Conference for the Well-being of Children in Geneva, Switzerland, proclaimed June 1st to be International Children's Day in 1925
	Wednesday August 27th Independence Holiday Moldova: Marks the Declaration of Independence from the Soviet Union on August 27th 1991
	Sunday August 31st Romanian Language Day Moldova: Marks the demonstrations of 1989 that made Moldova adopt its language laws
	Tuesday October 14th Chisinau City Day Chișinău: Public Holiday just for Chisinau. Each city and village has its own celebration day
	Friday November 21st Long Weekend! Cahul City Day Cahul: Public Holiday just for Cahul. Each city and village has its own celebration day
	Thursday December 25th Christmas Day Moldova: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC