Public holidays · 2025
Catholic Easter Sunday falls on Sunday, April 20, 2025 in Bosnia & Herzegovina in 2025.
A public holiday in some regions of Bosnia & Herzegovina only: Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine, Republika Srpska.
In 2025 it falls on a Sunday, a weekend day; check whether a substitute day is given.
The date changes from year to year.
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 Easter Sunday is the Western date of the feast of the resurrection of Jesus, as celebrated by Catholic and Protestant churches. In Albania and in Bosnia and Herzegovina it is recognised as a holiday, alongside Orthodox Easter Sunday, which is observed on the Orthodox date, so the two Easters appear separately in the calendar of each country. The Catholic community in Albania is concentrated in the north of the country, around Shkodër, and the Easter services there are among the most visited of the year. In Bosnia and Herzegovina the Catholic community is mainly Croat and lives chiefly in Herzegovina, the south, and in central regions.
In Catholic communities the celebration follows the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday evening, with the lighting of the paschal candle and, in many parishes, the baptism of new members, and then a festive Mass on Sunday. Typical customs include a family lunch, blessed foods in some regions, decorated eggs and small gifts and sweets for children. The Easter season continues for fifty days, until Pentecost. It is a joyful day after the restraint of Lent, which is why the Easter Vigil brings back the bells and organ that stay silent from the Gloria of Holy Thursday until then.
Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine, Republika Srpska
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A public holiday in some regions of Bosnia & Herzegovina only: Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine, Republika Srpska.
Sunday, April 20, 2025.