National holidays in Belarus are classified into state holidays and other holidays and commemorative days, including religious holidays. Nine of them are non-working days.[ 1]
Public holidays (non-working days)[ edit ] Date English Name Local Name Remarks 23 February Defender of the Fatherland and Armed Forces Day Дзень абаронцы Айчыны і Дзень Узброеных Сіл (Dzień abaroncy Ajčyny i Dzień Uzbrojenych Sil) 4 March Day of the Police of Belarus Дзень міліцыі Беларусі (Dzień milicyi Bielarusi) 15 March Constitution Day Дзень Канстытуцыi (Dzień Kanstytucyji) Adopted in 1994 2 April Unity of Peoples of Russia and Belarus Day Дзень яднання народаў Беларусі i Расii (Dzień jadnańnia narodaŭ Biełarusi i Rasii) Second Sunday in May State Flag and State Emblem Day Дзень Дзяржаўнага Сцяга i Дзяржаўнага Герба (Dzień Dziaržaŭnaha Sciaha i Dziaržaŭnaha Hierba) 17 September National Unity Day Дзень народнага адзiнства
Commemorative and remembrance days [ edit ] Date English Name Local Name Remarks 15 February Afghan War Veterans Day Дзень памяці воінаў-інтэрнацыяналістаў (Dzień pamiaci voinaŭ-internacyjanalistaŭ) It commermorates the end of the Soviet-Afghan War . 26 April Chernobyl tragedy commemorative day Dzień čarnobylskaj trahiedyji 22 June Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Great Patriotic War Дзень усенароднай памяці ахвяр Вялікай Айчыннай вайны (Dzień usienarodnaj pamiaci achviar Vialikaj Ajčynnaj vajny) In solemn remembrance of all the victims of the Second World War, and in commemoration of the heroic last stand of Brest Fortress in 1941, on the very country and city (Brest ) in which the Eastern Front began.
Traditional holidays [ edit ] Also, there are a number of traditional holidays.
Date English Name Local Name Remarks 6-7 July Kupalle Купалле (Kupalle) 2 November Dziady Дзяды (Dziady) moveable Catholic Easter Вялiкдзень каталiцкi (Vialikdzień katalicki) moveable Orthodox Easter Вялiкдзень праваслаўны (Vialikdzień pravasłaŭny)
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