Holiday Guide for Romania in 2021

Romania 2021
Romania
2021

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 2021

New Year's Day

 Long Weekend! 
New Year's Day

Romania: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel

Day after New Year's Day


Day after New Year's Day

Romania: Some countries observe a second public holiday for New Year's celebration

Unification Day


Unification Day

Romania: Holiday since 2015. Marks the political union between Wallachia and Moldavia in 1859

Orthodox Good Friday

 Long Weekend! 
Orthodox Good Friday

Romania: Easter is the principal festival of Greece and the Orthodox Church

Labour Day


Labour Day

Romania: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement

Orthodox Easter Day


Orthodox Easter Day

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.

Orthodox Easter Monday

 Long Weekend! 
Orthodox Easter Monday

Romania: 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

International Children's Day


International Children's Day

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

Orthodox Pentecost


Orthodox Pentecost

Romania: Orthodox Pentecost Sunday, also known as Holy Spirit Sunday, is observed fifty days after Orthodox Easter.

Descent of the Holy Spirit

 Long Weekend! 
Descent of the Holy Spirit

Romania: Orthodox Pentecost Monday, also known as Holy Spirit Monday, is observed fifty days (approx. seven weeks) after Orthodox Easter.

St Mary's Day


St Mary's Day

Romania: The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ

Feast of St. Andrew


Feast of St. Andrew

Romania: It is traditionally said that St. Andrew brought Christianity to Romania in the 1st Century AD

National Day


National Day

Romania: The National day of Romania and celebrates the Union of Transylvania with Romania in 1918

Christmas Day


Christmas Day

Romania: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC

Second day of Christmas


Second day of Christmas

Romania: Several countries and regions around the world extend their public holidays for Christmas beyond 25th December