Public holidays · 2025
Catholic Christmas Day falls on Thursday, December 25, 2025 in Belarus in 2025.
A public holiday across Belarus: most employees have the day off.
In 2025 it falls on a Thursday, a working day.
Fixed date: it is on the same day of the year every year (Dec 25).
Saturday and Sunday · A public holiday does not always close every business. Essential services, shops and some industries keep working, and pay rules differ by country and contract.
Catholic Christmas Day is the Western Christmas on 25 December, the feast of the birth of Jesus, listed separately in countries where Orthodox, Muslim or other communities are the majority or where several communities each keep their own Christmas. On this site it appears for Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Palestine. In Belarus, where most believers are Orthodox, 25 December is a non-working holiday alongside Orthodox Christmas on 7 January. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is the Christmas of the Catholic community, who are mostly Croats, and 7 January is the Christmas of the Orthodox community.
Observance includes the Advent season, the Christmas Eve meal, midnight Mass, and a nativity scene in homes and churches. Many Catholic families in Bosnia and Herzegovina follow Croatian customs, such as sowing wheat on Saint Lucy's Day, 13 December, so the green shoots can decorate the Christmas table. In Belarus, where many Catholics have Polish roots, Polish customs such as the Wigilia supper on Christmas Eve are common. The Christmas Eve meal is traditionally meatless, and Christmas Day itself is a larger family meal.
Everywhere in Belarus.
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A public holiday across Belarus: most employees have the day off.
Thursday, December 25, 2025.