Public holidays
Belarus: 13 public holiday dates in 2026 (13 days off) and 12 in 2027 (12 days off), with 253 working days in 2026 and 257 in 2027. National holidays only: regional ones are not included.
| Date | ISO week | Holiday | Day off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 1 January 2026 | 2026-W01 | New Year's Day | Yes |
| Friday 2 January 2026 | 2026-W01 | New Year's Day | Yes |
| Wednesday 7 January 2026 | 2026-W02 | Orthodox Christmas Day | Yes |
| Sunday 8 March 2026 | 2026-W10 | Women's Day | Yes |
| Sunday 5 April 2026 | 2026-W14 | Catholic Easter | Yes |
| Sunday 12 April 2026 | 2026-W15 | Orthodox Easter | Yes |
| Monday 20 April 2026 | 2026-W17 | Day off (substituted) | Yes |
| Tuesday 21 April 2026 | 2026-W17 | Radunitsa (Day of Rejoicing) | Yes |
| Friday 1 May 2026 | 2026-W18 | Labor Day | Yes |
| Saturday 9 May 2026 | 2026-W19 | Victory Day | Yes |
| Friday 3 July 2026 | 2026-W27 | Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus (Day of the Republic) | Yes |
| Saturday 7 November 2026 | 2026-W45 | October Revolution Day | Yes |
| Friday 25 December 2026 | 2026-W52 | Catholic Christmas Day | Yes |
| Date | ISO week | Holiday | Day off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 1 January 2027 | 2026-W53 | New Year's Day | Yes |
| Saturday 2 January 2027 | 2026-W53 | New Year's Day | Yes |
| Thursday 7 January 2027 | 2027-W01 | Orthodox Christmas Day | Yes |
| Monday 8 March 2027 | 2027-W10 | Women's Day | Yes |
| Sunday 28 March 2027 | 2027-W12 | Catholic Easter | Yes |
| Saturday 1 May 2027 | 2027-W17 | Labor Day | Yes |
| Sunday 2 May 2027 | 2027-W17 | Orthodox Easter | Yes |
| Sunday 9 May 2027 | 2027-W18 | Victory Day | Yes |
| Tuesday 11 May 2027 | 2027-W19 | Radunitsa (Day of Rejoicing) | Yes |
| Saturday 3 July 2027 | 2027-W26 | Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus (Day of the Republic) | Yes |
| Sunday 7 November 2027 | 2027-W44 | October Revolution Day | Yes |
| Saturday 25 December 2027 | 2027-W51 | Catholic Christmas Day | Yes |
| Holiday | 2026 | 2027 | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orthodox Easter | Sunday 12 April 2026 | Sunday 2 May 2027 | +20 days, changes month |
| Radunitsa (Day of Rejoicing) | Tuesday 21 April 2026 | Tuesday 11 May 2027 | +20 days, changes month |
| Catholic Easter | Sunday 5 April 2026 | Sunday 28 March 2027 | −8 days, changes month |
A shift ignores the year: +19 days means 19 days later in the calendar.
| Month | 2026 | 2027 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| February | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| March | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| April | 20 | 22 | +2 |
| May | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| June | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| July | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| August | 21 | 22 | +1 |
| September | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| October | 22 | 21 | −1 |
| November | 21 | 22 | +1 |
| December | 22 | 23 | +1 |
| Q1 | 61 | 61 | 0 |
| Q2 | 62 | 64 | +2 |
| Q3 | 65 | 66 | +1 |
| Q4 | 65 | 66 | +1 |
| Year | 253 | 257 | +4 |
Weekdays by the local weekend (Sunday and Saturday), minus the public holidays most people have off.
The first day of the calendar year in the Gregorian calendar, 1 January. Cultures and religions that follow a lunisolar or lunar calendar celebrate their New Year at other points of the year. Japan celebrates New Year on 1 January, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, instead of with the Chinese calendar that was in use until 1873.
At work: Fine to mention, and a natural moment to wish colleagues well.
Christmas celebrated on 7 January on the Gregorian calendar by churches that follow the Julian calendar, where 25 December in the Julian calendar is 7 January in the Gregorian calendar until 2100, and by the Coptic Orthodox Church, whose Christmas falls on the same day.
At work: Very welcome to mention. A day off in the places that keep it.
8 March is International Women's Day, which commemorates women's fight for equality and gives focus to gender equality and violence against women. It is a public holiday in these countries.
At work: Welcome to mention. A day off.
Easter in the Western churches, a moveable feast set by a lunisolar calendar: the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox. Belarus marks both Catholic and Orthodox Easter.
At work: Welcome to mention, especially among Catholics.
Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus and is the most important feast of the Christian year. Families go to church and share a festive meal, and in many places Easter eggs are decorated and broken together as a symbol of the empty tomb. Easter is a moveable feast, with its date set by a lunisolar calendar. Easter Monday, the day after, is a public holiday in more than 50 predominantly Christian countries.
At work: Widely welcome to mention. Colleagues may be away for the whole long weekend.
A day off that has been moved from another date, usually to join a holiday to a weekend and make a longer break. The working day is made up on another day: in China, usually a weekend day before or after the break; in Hungary, a nearby Saturday.
At work: Check the calendar before planning. The made-up working day may fall on a Saturday or Sunday, when colleagues are at work although it is a weekend.
Radonitsa ("Day of Rejoicing") is a commemoration of the departed in the Russian Orthodox Church, observed on the second Tuesday after Easter (Pascha). It falls nine days after Orthodox Easter.
At work: A solemn, family day; mention it only with respect. A day off.
International Workers' Day, on 1 May, honours workers and the labour movement. The date was chosen to commemorate the 1886 general strike in the United States that culminated in the Haymarket affair, and the day was adopted in support of a "great international demonstration" for the eight-hour day.
At work: Fine to mention the day off. In some countries it has a political side, so keep it about the break.
9 May remembers the victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War, when the German military surrendered in Berlin on 9 May 1945 (Moscow time). It honours those who died and pays tribute to veterans, with flowers and wreaths at war memorials and, in some of these countries, military parades.
At work: Fine to mention, with respect. Solemn as well as festive, so keep wishes simple. A day off.
3 July was adopted in 1996 to commemorate the Red Army's liberation of Minsk in 1944 during the Minsk Offensive. It is Belarus's Independence Day.
At work: Fine to mention. A day off.
7 November marks the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks led an uprising against the Provisional Government in Petrograd on 25 October (Old Style), which is 7 November in the Gregorian calendar.
At work: Fine to mention. A day off.
Christmas on 25 December (Kalady katalickija), the Catholic and Western date, kept in Belarus alongside Orthodox Christmas on 7 January.
At work: Welcome to mention. A day off.
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