This year, on Orthodox Easter, Romanians will enjoy a six-day mini-vacation.
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Because the date on which Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter is not a fixed one, the day on which it falls can vary by approximately two weeks from year to year.
In 2024, the Resurrection of the Lord will be celebrated on May 5, in the same week as May 1, a public holiday, so that a “bridge” was made between the two holidays after the Government decided that budget workers would also have a day off the date of May 2.
In this way, those who work in the state will have a six-day Easter mini-vacation, starting from May 1, on Labor Day, until May 6, when the day after Easter is celebrated.
Vacation for students
As for the students, the Ministry of Education has determined that they will have the Easter vacation between April 27 and May 7. This means that students will have 10 days off in the Easter break.
The 5th year module of the school year will start on May 8 and will last for about a month and a half, until June 22, when the children will go on summer vacation.
Days off for budget workers in 2024
According to the Government, this year Romanians will have a total of 20 non-working days off, but only 13 days are during the week, the rest being on Saturdays or Sundays.
Of these, there are still 1 May (Wednesday – Labor Day), 3 May (Good Friday), 6 May (Monday – the day after Easter), 24 June (Monday – the day after Pentecost), 15 August (Thursday – Saint Mary), December 25 and 26 (Wednesday and Thursday – the first and second day of Christmas).
In addition to these, there are three free days granted to the budget holders to make up the connection between holidays: May 2 (Thursday), August 16 (Friday) and December 27 (Friday), days that must, however, be recovered by extending the working hours.
The other public holidays remaining this year, May 5 (the first day of Orthodox Easter), June 1 (Children's Day), June 23 (the first day of Pentecost), November 30 (Saint Andrew) and December 1 (Romania's National Day) fall , in 2024, on Saturdays or Sundays.
At the top of Europe on days off
In terms of days off during a year, we are at the top of the list in Europe, with 20 days, followed by Austria – 13 days, Greece – 12 days, Poland – 11 days and Finland – 10 days.
