| 1/1/1956, Sun | New Year's Day |
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| 1/2/1956, Mon | New Year's Day: Additional Observance Day |
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| 3/3/1956, Sat | National Liberation Day |
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- An official holiday commemorating the 3 March 1878 Treaty of San Stefano and Bulgaria's liberation from Ottoman rule.
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| 3/5/1956, Mon | National Liberation Day: Additional Observance Day |
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- An official holiday commemorating the 3 March 1878 Treaty of San Stefano and Bulgaria's liberation from Ottoman rule.
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| 5/1/1956, Tue | Labour Day |
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- An official holiday (Den na truda). International Workers' Day.
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| 5/4/1956, Fri | Good Friday |
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- An official holiday (Veliki petak / Orthodox Good Friday).
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| 5/5/1956, Sat | Holy Saturday |
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- An official holiday (Velika sabota / Orthodox Holy Saturday).
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| 5/6/1956, Sun | Easter Sunday |
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- An official holiday (Velikden / Orthodox Easter Sunday).
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| 5/6/1956, Sun | St. George's Day / Bulgarian Armed Forces Day |
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- An official holiday (Gergyovden). Commemorates St. George and the Bulgarian Armed Forces.
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| 5/7/1956, Mon | Easter Monday |
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- An official holiday (Vtori den Velikden / Orthodox Easter Monday).
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| 5/7/1956, Mon | St. George's Day / Bulgarian Armed Forces Day: Additional Observance Day |
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- An official holiday (Gergyovden). Commemorates St. George and the Bulgarian Armed Forces.
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| 5/24/1956, Thu | Day of Cyril and Methodius (Bulgarian Education/Culture) |
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- An official holiday (Den na balgarskata prosveta i kultura). Commemorates Sts. Cyril and Methodius, creators of the Cyrillic alphabet.
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| 9/6/1956, Thu | Bulgarian Unification Day |
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- An official holiday (Den na Saedinenieto). Commemorates the 6 September 1885 unification of the Principality of Bulgaria with Eastern Rumelia.
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| 9/22/1956, Sat | Bulgarian Independence Day |
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- An official holiday (Den na Nezavisimostta). Commemorates Bulgaria's declaration of independence from the Ottoman Empire on 22 September 1908.
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| 9/24/1956, Mon | Bulgarian Independence Day: Additional Observance Day |
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- An official holiday (Den na Nezavisimostta). Commemorates Bulgaria's declaration of independence from the Ottoman Empire on 22 September 1908.
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| 12/24/1956, Mon | Christmas Eve |
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- An official holiday (Badni Vecher / Christmas Eve).
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| 12/25/1956, Tue | Christmas Day |
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- An official holiday (Rozhdestvo Hristovo / Christmas Day 1).
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| 12/26/1956, Wed | Second Day of Christmas |
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- An official holiday (Christmas Day 2).
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