national holidays in slovakia see also remembrance days in slovakia. {| class="wikitable" !date !english translation !local name !remarks |- |1 january (1993) || day of the establishment of the slovak republic || deÅ vzniku slovenskej republiky || czechoslovakia split into the czech republic and slovakia |- |6 january || epiphany (the three magi and christmas day of orthodox christians) || zjavenie pÃ¡na (traja krÃ¡li a vianoÄnÃ½ sviatok pravoslÃ¡vnych kresÅ¥anov) || |- |march, april || good friday || veÄ¾konoÄnÃ½ piatok || |- |march, april || easter monday || veÄ¾konoÄnÃ½ pondelok || see also dyngus day |- |1 may (1886) || international workers' day || sviatok prÃ¡ce || |- |8 may (1945) || day of victory over fascism || deÅ vÃ­Å¥azstva nad faÅ¡izmom || the end of world war ii in europe; initially celebrated one day later |- |5 july (863) || st. cyril and methodius day ||  sviatok svÃ¤tÃ©ho cyrila a metoda || slavic missionaries cyril (constantine) and metod (methodius) came to great moravia (see also glagolitic alphabet) |- |29 august (1944) || slovak national uprising anniversary || vÃ½roÄie slovenskÃ©ho nÃ¡rodnÃ©ho povstania || the slovaks rose up against nazi germany |- |1 september (1992) || day of the constitution of the slovak republic || deÅ Ãstavy slovenskej republiky || the constitution of (future) independent slovakia was adopted in bratislava |- |15 september || day of blessed virgin mary, patron saint of slovakia || sviatok panny mÃ¡rie sedembolestnej, patrÃ³nky slovenska || the patron saint of slovakia is the blessed virgin mary |- |1 november || all saintsâ day || sviatok vÅ¡etkÃ½ch svÃ¤tÃ½ch || cemeteries are visited on or around this day |- |17 november (1989/1939) || struggle for freedom and democracy day || deÅ boja za slobodu a demokraciu || commemorating the student demonstration against nazi occupation in 1939, and especially the demonstration in 1989 in bratislava and prague considered to mark the beginning of the velvet revolution. |- |24 december || christmas eve || Å tedrÃ½ deÅ || in slovakia, christmas presents are opened in the evening on christmas eve |- |25 december || christmas day || prvÃ½ sviatok vianoÄnÃ½ || literally, first christmas holiday |- |26 december || st. stephen's day || druhÃ½ sviatok vianoÄnÃ½ || literally, second christmas holiday |- |} == references == * zÃ¡kon o Å¡tÃ¡tnych sviatkoch, dÅoch pracovnÃ©ho pokoja a pamÃ¤tnÃ½ch dÅoch (slovak) * public holidays in the czech republic   {{defaultsort:public holidays in slov
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