| Macedonian Holidays | ||||||
| List of Official Macedonian Holidays for 2003 | ||||||
January 1 & 2 International New Year's January 7 Orthodox Christmas January 14 "Old" New Year's Day April 28 Orthodox Easter (celebrated) May 1 & 2 Labor Day August 2 Ilinden Uprising Day September 8 Independence Day (from Yugoslavia - declared in 1991) October 11 People's Uprising Against Fascism There are numerous additional holidays, special days, religious celebrations, and cultural observations throughout the year, many of which I am not familiar with yet after having only lived here four months. For more information, including tons of information on religious and cultural traditions such as food, rituals, name day (imenden), and more, check out the following links! faq.macedonia.org/religion/religious.holidays.html www.pray4macedonia.com/who.html |
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