Holidays Bulgaria

Holidays and official dates, calendar Bulgaria 2026

Permanent date
1 January	New Year's Day
6 January	Epiphany
7 January	Day of Saint John
8 January	Midwives' Day (Babinden)
14 February	St. Valentine’s Day
19 February	Vasil Levski's Day
1 March	Spring Day
3 March	National Holiday, Liberation Day
8 March	Women’s Day
1 April	April Fool's Day
1 May	Labour Day
2 May	St. Boris's Day
6 May	St. George's Day, and Day of Bulgarian Army
18 May	International Museum Day
24 May	Day of Culture and Slavonic Literature
2 June	Hristo Botev's day
6 September	Unification Day
22 September	Independence Day
1 November	Day of the Bulgarian Enlighteners
8 December	Students' day
24 December	Christmas Eve
25 December	Christmas Day
26 December	Second Day of Christmas
31 December	New Year's Eve
Flow date
August	Bulgarian Maritime Day
April, May	Orthodox Easter Monday
April, May	Orthodox Easter
April, May	Orthodox Good Friday