Slovakia Public Holidays Calendar 2016
Check Slovakia Public Holidays, Optional Holidays and Local Holidays for the calendar year 2016. Check holidays dates in 2016 for Catholic Epiphany, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labour Day, May Day, Liberation of the Republic, Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, All Saints’ Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas.
Public Holidays
| 2016 Slovakia Public Holidays | ||||
| No | Month | Day | Week Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January | 6 | Wednesday | Catholic Epiphany |
| 2 | April | 18 | Monday | Good Friday |
| 3 | April | 21 | Thursday | Easter Monday |
| 4 | May | 1 | Sunday | Labour Day |
| 5 | May | 1 | Sunday | May Day |
| 6 | May | 8 | Sunday | Liberation of the Republic |
| 7 | September | 15 | Thursday | Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows |
| 8 | November | 1 | Tuesday | All Saints’ Day |
| 9 | December | 24 | Saturday | Christmas Eve |
| 10 | December | 25 | Sunday | Christmas |
| 11 | December | 26 | Monday | Boxing Day |
Optional Holidays
| 2016 Optional Holidays in Slovakia | ||||
| No | Month | Day | Week Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January | 1 | Friday | New Year’s Day |
| 2 | January | 1 | Friday | Independence Day |
| 3 | July | 5 | Tuesday | Day of the Apostles St. Cyril and St. Methodius |
| 4 | August | 29 | Monday | Anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising |
| 5 | September | 1 | Thursday | Day of Constitution of the Slovak Republic |
| 6 | November | 17 | Thursday | Day of Freedom and Democracy of the Slovak Republic |
Local Holidays
Commemorative days are labour days in Slovakia unless they fall on Saturday or Sunday.
| 2016 Local Holidays in Slovakia | ||||
| No | Month | Day | Week Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March | 25 | Friday | Human Rights Day |
| 2 | April | 13 | Wednesday | Day of Unjustly Persecuted |
| 3 | May | 4 | Wednesday | Anniversary of the Demise of Milan Rastislav Stefanik |
| 4 | June | 7 | Tuesday | Anniversary of the Memorandum of the Slovak Nation |
| 5 | July | 5 | Tuesday | Slovak Expatriots Day |
| 6 | July | 17 | Sunday | Day of the Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Republic |
| 7 | August | 4 | Thursday | Day of Matica Slovenska Organization |
| 8 | September | 9 | Friday | Holocaust and Racial Violence Victims Day |
| 9 | September | 19 | Monday | Constitution of the Slovak National Council Day |
| 10 | October | 6 | Thursday | Dukla Pass Victims Day |
| 11 | October | 27 | Thursday | Cernov Tragedy Day |
| 12 | October | 28 | Friday | Independence Day of the First Czechoslovak Republic |
| 13 | October | 29 | Saturday | Anniversary of the Birth of Ludovít Stur |
| 14 | October | 30 | Sunday | Anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation |
| 15 | October | 31 | Monday | Reformation Day |
| 16 | December | 30 | Friday | Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province |