• 1^st January (Monday) – New Year’s Day
• 3^rd March (Sunday) – Day of Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Oppression – public holiday
• 4^th March (Monday) – public holiday on the occasion of the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman Oppression
• 1^st April (Monday) – Easter Monday (second day of Easter)
• 1^st May (Wednesday) – International Workers’ day
• 3^rd May (Friday) – Good Friday (orthodox)
• 4^th May (Saturday) – Holy Saturday (orthodox)
• 5^th May (Sunday) – Easter (orthodox)
• 6^th May (Monday) – Saint George's Day; Armed Forces Day
• 9^th May (Thursday) – Ascension Day
• 20^th May (Monday) – Whit Monday
• 24^th May (Friday) – Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, of the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and of the Slavonic literature
• 6^th September (Friday) – Unification day
• 22^nd September (Sunday) – Independence day
• 23^rd September (Monday) – public holiday on the occasion of Independence day
• 24^th December (Tuesday) – Christmas Eve
• 25^th December (Wednesday) – Christmas Day
• 26^th December (Thursday) – Second Christmas Day

During the public holidays, in case of emergency, Bulgarian nationals could get in contact with the Embassy’s staff via the emergency hotline at the following number: +3168621361 (for urgent cases only).