Public Holidays in Eritrea in 2024
Upcoming Holidays in Eritrea
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: New Year's Day
- New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
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: Orthodox Christmas
- The Orthodox Church recognises January 7th as the day that Jesus was born
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: Orthodox Epiphany
- In the Orthodox tradition, Epiphany is the day that Jesus was baptised
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: Women's Day
- The UN has declared March 8th to be a day to celebrate, recognise and remember women
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: Eid al-Fitre
- The festival of Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Fast breaking, marks the end of Ramadan
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: Labour Day
- This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
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: Orthodox Good Friday
- Easter is the principal festival of Greece and the Orthodox Church
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: Orthodox Easter Day
- Easter is the most significant religious holiday for the world's roughly 300 million Orthodox Christians. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus has been placed after his crucifixion.
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: Independence Day
- The National Day of Eritrea marks independence from Ethiopia on May 24th 1993
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: Eid Al Adaha
- Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.
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: Eritrea Martyrs' Day
- An official holiday to pay tribute to those who died for the country's liberation between 1961 and 1991
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: Eritrea Revolution Day
- Marks the start of the armed struggle for independence with the Battle of Adal in 1961.
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: Keddus Johannes
- The Ethiopian calendar is based on the Coptic calendar, which was fixed to the Julian calendar in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus of Rome
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: Moulid
- Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar
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: Meskel
- Commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by Saint Helena in the fourth century
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: Christmas Day
- Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
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