In this publication, All-Holidays.Info will consider the following topic: holidays in Bulgaria 2025. We will provide the exact dates of official holidays, approved by law. We have also published major unofficial holidays, for which there is no day off. In this article, you will find a calendar for 2025 indicating holidays and non-working days.
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Public holidays in Bulgaria 2025 (calendar)
Below is the calendar of public holidays in Bulgaria in 2025. It also shows two additional days off. They are established according to the law on amendments and additions to the Labor Code of 2016, which entered into force in 2017.
Holidays in Bulgaria 2025 fell in such a way that the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius and the Day of the Unification of Bulgaria fell on Saturday. Accordingly, they were moved to the following Mondays.
January 2025
- January 1, 2025 (Wednesday) – New Year (official holiday).
- January 8, 2025 (Wednesday) – Babinden (unofficial holiday).
February 2025
- February 1, 2025 (Saturday) – Day of Remembrance and Respect for the Victims of the Communist Regime (unofficial holiday).
March 2025
- March 1, 2025 (Saturday) – Baba Marta (unofficial holiday).
- March 3, 2025 (Monday) – Day of Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman Rule (official holiday).
- March 8, 2025 (Saturday) – Mother’s Day (unofficial holiday).
April 2025
- April 13, 2025 (Sunday) – Palm Sunday (unofficial Christian holiday).
- April 18, 2025 (Friday) – Easter Friday (unofficial holiday, non-working day).
- April 19, 2025 (Saturday) – Easter Saturday (official holiday).
- April 20, 2025 (Sunday) – Easter (official holiday).
- April 21, 2025 (Monday) – Easter Monday (unofficial holiday, non-working day).
May 2025
- May 1, 2025 (Thursday) – Labor Day and International Workers’ Solidarity (official holiday).
- May 6, 2025 (Tuesday) – St. George’s Day, Day of Courage, Bulgarian Army Day (official holiday).
- May 24, 2025 (Saturday) – Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, Bulgarian Literature, Education and Culture and Slavic Literature (official holiday).
- May 26, 2025 (Monday) – non-working day (postponement of the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius).
- May 29, 2025 (Thursday) – Ascension of the Lord (unofficial Christian holiday).
In 2025, the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, Bulgarian Literature, Education and Culture, and Slavic Literature fell on Saturday. It was moved to the following Monday according to Article 154 of the Labor Code.
June 2025
- June 24, 2025 (Tuesday) – Ivanov Day (unofficial Christian holiday).
July 2025
- July 1, 2025 (Tuesday) – July Morning (unofficial holiday).
- July 1, 2025 (Tuesday) – Holy Doctor (unofficial Christian holiday).
- July 15-17, 2025 (Tuesday-Thursday) – Goreshchnitsy (unofficial holidays).
August 2025
- August 15, 2025 (Friday) – Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary (unofficial Christian holiday).
- August 29, 2025 (Friday) – Seknovenie (unofficial Christian holiday).
September 2025
- September 6, 2025 (Saturday) – Bulgarian Unification Day (official holiday).
- September 8, 2025 (Monday) – non-working day (postponement of the Day of Unification of Bulgaria).
- September 22, 2025 (Monday) – Bulgarian Independence Day (official holiday).
In 2025, Bulgarian Unification Day fell on Saturday. According to Article 154 of the Labor Code, it was moved to the following Monday.
November 2025
- November 1, 2025 (Saturday) – Day of Bulgarian Enlighteners (official holiday, working day, but children are exempt from school).
- November 8, 2025 (Saturday) – Archangel’s Day (unofficial Christian holiday).
IMPORTANT! Bulgarian Enlighteners’ Day (November 1) falls on Saturday. In schools, it may be moved to November 3 – Monday. Check with your school to see if children must attend school on this day.
December 2025
- December 24, 2025 (Wednesday) – Christmas Eve (official holiday).
- December 25, 2025 (Thursday) – Christmas Day, First Day (official holiday).
- December 26, 2025 (Friday) – Father’s Day (unofficial holiday).
- December 26, 2025 (Friday) – Christmas, second day (official holiday).
- December 31, 2025 (Wednesday) – New Year’s Eve (unofficial holiday).
In this article, All-Holidays.Info has listed the holidays in Bulgaria in 2025. We have indicated the exact dates of public holidays and major unofficial (religious and traditional) holidays. We have also published a calendar of red days in Bulgaria in 2025. Don’t forget to share this publication with your friends!