Romania: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
Romania: Some countries observe a second public holiday for New Year's celebration
Romania: Holiday since 2015. Marks the political union between Wallachia and Moldavia in 1859
Romania: Easter is the principal festival of Greece and the Orthodox Church
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.
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
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: The World Conference for the Well-being of Children in Geneva, Switzerland, proclaimed June 1st 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