Romania information
Population: 19.29m Capital: Bucharest Calling Code: (40) Time Zone: +2 UTC Currency: Romanian leu Language: Romanian
List of National
Holidays in Romania in 2017
Romania: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
Romania: Second day of celebrations to mark the beginning of the new year
Romania: Holiday since 2015. Marks the political union between Wallachia and Moldavia in 1859
Romania: 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 May 1st
Long Weekend!
Labour Day
Romania: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
Romania: A new holiday since 2017. The World Conference for the Well-being of Children in Geneva, Switzerland, proclaimed June 1 to be International Children's Day in 1925
Romania: Orthodox Pentecost Sunday, also known as Holy Spirit Sunday, is observed fifty days after Orthodox Easter.
Romania: Orthodox Pentecost Monday, also known as Holy Spirit Monday, is observed fifty days (approx. seven weeks) after Orthodox Easter.
Romania: The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ
Romania: It is traditionally said that St. Andrew brought Christianity to Romania in the 1st Century AD
Friday December 1st
Long Weekend!
National day
Romania: The National day of Romania and celebrates the Union of Transylvania with Romania in 1918
Monday December 25th
Long Weekend!
Christmas Day
Romania: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
Romania: Several countries and regions around the world extend their public holidays for Christmas beyond 25th December