National Holidays in Lebanon in 2025
Upcoming Holidays in Lebanon
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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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: Armenian Orthodox Christmas Day
- The Armenian Church celebrates Christmas on January 6th. It also celebrates Epiphany on the same day
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: St. Maroun Day
- St. Maroun is considered the Father of the Maronite Church
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: Rafik Hariri Memorial Day
- A businessman and Prime Minister of Lebanon assassinated on 14 February 2005
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: City Day
- The Greater Amman Municipality has announced a public holiday for its employees in celebration of City Day.
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: Feast of the Annunciation
- This day celebrates the visit of the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary to announce to her that she would become the mother of Jesus
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: Eid Al-Fitr
- The festival of Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Fast breaking, marks the end of Ramadan
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: Eid Al-Fitr Holiday
- The festival of Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Fast breaking, marks the end of Ramadan
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: Good Friday (Western Church)
- Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
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: Good Friday (Eastern Church)
- Easter is the principal festival of Greece and the Orthodox Church
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: Easter Sunday
- Easter Sunday is the most important date in the Christian church. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus had been placed.
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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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: Easter Monday
- Easter is probably the most important holiday of the Christian year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
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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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: Resistance and Liberation Day
- Resistance and Liberation Day Marks Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon on May 25th 2000.
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: Eid Al Adha
- 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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: Eid Al Adha Holiday
- 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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: Hijri New Year
- Marks Islamic New Year and the Prophet's journey from Mecca to Medina in 622AD.
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: Ashoura
- Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Mourning of Muharram
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: Beirut Explosion Memorial Day
- A day to honour the 200 people who lost their lives in the 2020 explosion.
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: Assumption Day
- The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ
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: Birthday of Prophet Muhammed
- Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar
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: Independence Day
- On this day in 1943, Lebanon’s leaders were released from detention by French occupation forces
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: Public Holiday
- Two days of public holidays have been declared for the visit of Pope Leo XIV.
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: Public Holiday
- Two days of public holidays have been declared for the visit of Pope Leo XIV.
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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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