holidays
August 2,
Republic Day (North Macedonia)
Republic Day (North Macedonia)
Republic Day or Ilinden is a national holiday in North Macedonia. It is celebrated on 2 August, which is also a religious holiday – Ilinden. It commemorates two major events in the establishment of the statehood of the country which took place on this date:
- The Ilinden Uprising of 1903 which was organized by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization against the Ottoman Empire, and during which a short-lived Kruševo Republic was proclaimed;
- The First Session of ASNOM of 1944 at the Prohor Pčinjski Monastery, during the National Liberation Struggle, which laid the foundation of the SR Macedonia.