Interaction Between Religious and Secular Life
| Croatia religiosity (2001) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholicism | 88% | |||
| Atheism | 5% | |||
| Orthodoxy | 4.5% | |||
| Islam | 1% | |||
| Others | 1% | |||
| Protestantism | 0.5% | |||
Public schools allow religious teaching in cooperation with religious communities having agreements with the state, but attendance is not mandated. Religion classes (Croatian: vjeronauk) are organized widely in public elementary and secondary schools, most commonly coordinated with the Catholic Church.
The public holidays in Croatia also include the religious festivals (Croatian: blagdan) of Epiphany, Easter Monday, Corpus Christi Day, Assumption Day, All Saints' Day, Christmas, and St. Stephen's or Boxing Day. The primary holidays are based on the Catholic liturgical year, but other believers are legally allowed to celebrate other major religious holidays.
Marriages conducted by the religious communities having agreements with the state are officially recognized, eliminating the need to register the marriages in the civil registry office.
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