Date | English name | Abkhaz name | Russian name | Remarks |
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January 1-2 | New Year's Day | Новый год |
January 7 | Christmas | Рождество Христово | Celebration of the Birth of Jesus |
January 14 | Azhyrnykhua | Ажьырныҳәа | Ажьырныхуа | Celebration of the creation of the world |
March 8 | International Women's Day | Международный женский день | Celebration of women's rights and womanhood |
May 9 | Victory Day | День Победы | On 9 May 1945, Nazi Germany was defeated and the Great Patriotic War came to an end in Europe |
May 23 | Day of the Holy Apostle Simon the Zealot | День Святого Апостола Симона Кананита |
May 31 | Day of remembrance of the Caucasian War and the forced evictions of the Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus | День памяти жертв Кавказской войны и насильственного выселения горских народов Кавказа |
July 23 | Flag Day | День Флага Республики | On 23 July 1992 the Flag of Abkhazia was officially adopted |
August 14 | Day of the Defenders of the Fatherland | День памяти защитников Отечества | On 14 August 1992 the 1992-1993 war with Georgia started |
September 30 | Independence Day | День освобождения Республики Абхазия/ День независимости Абхазии | On 30 September 1993 the 1992-1993 war with Georgia ended and Abkhazia gained de facto independence |
November 26 | Constitution Day | День Конституции Республики Абхазии | On 26 November 1994 the current Constitution of Abkhazia was adopted |
December 14 | Day of the children killed during the 1992-1993 war in Abkhazia | День памяти детей, погибших в Отечественной войне в Абхазии (1992—1993 гг.) | On 14 December 1992 a helicopter carrying evacuees from the Siege of Tkvarcheli was shot down, killing 25 children |
Dhul Hijja 10 | Eid al-Adha | Курбанныхуа | Commemoration of the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ismael in obedience to Allah |