St Cyril and St Methodius Day 2025, 2026 and 2027 in North Macedonia

In North Macedonia, as well as in neighbouring Bulgaria, Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius are honoured with their own public holiday on 24 May. Cyril and Methodius Day was established in North Macedonia in 2007, but it was already celebrated in North Macedonian schools earlier.

Year	Date	Day	Holiday
2025	24 May	Sat	St Cyril and St Methodius Day
2026	24 May	Sun	St Cyril and St Methodius Day
	25 May	Mon	St Cyril and St Methodius Day Holiday
2027	24 May	Mon	St Cyril and St Methodius Day
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates.

Cyril and Methodius were brothers who were born of a mixed Greek-Bulgar marriage in the A.D. 800s. In 860, they ventured out into the Slavic heartland in modern-day Ukraine to spread the Gospel. In the process, they developed the Glagolitic alphabet, which is the precursor of the Cyrillic alphabet that most Slavic countries still use today. This includes North Macedonia.

In North Macedonia, the holiday is also sometimes called Slavonic Enlighteners’ Day because of the light of learning and of Christian truth that these two brothers brought to a formerly dark land. Cyril and Methodius lead the way in translating the Bible into Old Bulgarian as well as translating some other books. This led to the blooming of Slavic literature and culture.

Previous Years

Year	Date	Day	Holiday
2024	24 May	Fri	St Cyril and St Methodius Day
2023	24 May	Wed	St Cyril and St Methodius Day