In this article, we have collected information about holidays in Albania 2023. We have provided two lists – public holidays and unofficial holidays. At the end of the article you will find a calendar of Albanian holidays for 2023 with additional days off.
In this section, we have collected the main holidays in Albania in 2023. Their dates are approved by law and cannot be changed throughout 2023. The following Albanian holidays are public holidays. The exception is emergency and vital areas. For example: police, doctors, public transport, emergency utilities.
IMPORTANT! In cases where a holiday or public holiday falls on a day or days of weekly rest (Saturday and/or Sunday), the rest is transferred to the next working day or days (Monday and Tuesday).
Day off for the New Year (transferred from January 1) – January 3, 2023, Tuesday.
March
Summer Day (Spring Day) – March 14, 2023, Tuesday;
Nowruz (Iranian New Year, Persian New Year) – March 22, 2023, Wednesday.
April
Easter — April 9, 2023, Sunday;
Easter Monday — April 10, 2023, Monday;
Orthodox Easter — April 16, 2023, Sunday;
Orthodox Easter Monday – April 17, 2023, Monday;
Eid al-Fitr – April 22, 2023, Saturday.
May
May 1 (Labor Day) — May 1, 2023, Monday.
June
Feast of the Sacrifice (Kurban Bayram, Eid al-Adha) – June 29, 2023, Thursday.
September
Canonization Day of Mother Teresa – September 5, 2023, Tuesday.
INTERESTING FACT: in some publications, September 5 is called Mother Teresa’s Beatification Day. But this is wrong. In Christianity , canonization is reckoning among the saints, and beatification is among the blessed. Mother Teresa of Calcutta is included in both, but the beatification day is celebrated on October 19, 2023.
November
Independence Day (Flag Day) – November 28, 2023, Tuesday;
Liberation Day – November 29, 2023, Wednesday.
December
National Youth Day – December 8, 2023, Friday;
Christmas — December 25, 2023, Monday.
Holidays in Albania 2023 without a day off (unofficial)
In addition to official public holidays, there are unofficial holidays in Albania. There is no holiday on these dates, but they are celebrated everywhere. Basically, these are religious holidays. Below is a list of unofficial holidays in Albania by month.
February
Valentine’s Day – February 14, 2023, Tuesday.
March
Mother’s Day – March 8, 2023, Wednesday.
April
Good Friday – April 7, 2023, Friday;
Holy Saturday – April 8, 2023, Saturday;
Orthodox Good Friday – April 14, 2023, Friday;
Orthodox Great Saturday – April 15, 2023, Saturday.
June
Father’s Day — 18 June 2023, Sunday.
October
Beatification Day of Mother Teresa – 19 October 2023, Thursday;
Halloween – October 31, 2023, Tuesday.
December
Christmas Eve – December 24, 2023, Sunday;
Saint Sylvester’s Day – December 31, 2023, Sunday;
New Year’s Eve – December 31, 2023, Sunday.
Albanian holidays calendar 2023
Holidays in Albania 2023. Designations: red – day off; green – a holiday without a day off.
In this publication, we talked about the holidays in Albania 2023. We gave the dates of public and unofficial holidays, a calendar indicating days off for the holidays. We hope the article was useful to you. On the All-Holidays.Info website you will find more information about holidays and school holidays in other countries. Be sure to share this post with your friends!
