Holiday Guide for Lebanon in 2025

Lebanon information

Population: 6.83m
Capital: Beirut
Calling Code: (961)
Time Zone: 0 UTC
Currency: Lebanese pound
Language: Arabic

List of National Holidays in Lebanon in 2025

	Wednesday January 1st New Year's Day Lebanon: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
	Monday January 6th Long Weekend! Armenian Orthodox Christmas Day Lebanon: The Armenian Church celebrates Christmas on January 6th. It also celebrates Epiphany on the same day
	Sunday February 9th St. Maroun Day Lebanon: St. Maroun is considered the Father of the Maronite Church
	Friday February 14th Long Weekend! Rafik Hariri Memorial Day Lebanon: A businessman and Prime Minister of Lebanon assassinated on 14 February 2005
	Sunday March 2nd City Day Lebanon: The Greater Amman Municipality has announced a public holiday for its employees in celebration of City Day.
	Tuesday March 25th Feast of the Annunciation Lebanon: 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
	Monday March 31st Long Weekend! Eid Al-Fitr Lebanon: The festival of Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Fast breaking, marks the end of Ramadan
	Tuesday April 1st Eid Al-Fitr Holiday Lebanon: The festival of Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Fast breaking, marks the end of Ramadan
	Friday April 18th Long Weekend! Good Friday (Western Church) Lebanon: Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
	Friday April 18th Long Weekend! Good Friday (Eastern Church) Lebanon: Easter is the principal festival of Greece and the Orthodox Church
	Sunday April 20th Easter Sunday Lebanon: 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.
	Sunday April 20th Orthodox Easter Day Lebanon: 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.
	Thursday May 1st Labour Day Lebanon: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Sunday May 25th Resistance and Liberation Day Lebanon: Resistance and Liberation Day Marks Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon on May 25th 2000.
	Friday June 6th Long Weekend! Eid Al Adha Lebanon: 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.
	Monday June 9th Long Weekend! Eid Al Adha Holiday Lebanon: 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.
	Friday June 27th Long Weekend! Hijri New Year Lebanon: Marks Islamic New Year and the Prophet's journey from Mecca to Medina in 622AD.
	Saturday July 5th Ashoura Lebanon: Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Mourning of Muharram
	Monday August 4th Long Weekend! Beirut Explosion Memorial Day Lebanon: A day to honour the 200 people who lost their lives in the 2020 explosion.
	Friday August 15th Long Weekend! Assumption Day Lebanon: The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ
	Friday September 5th Long Weekend! Birthday of Prophet Muhammed Lebanon: Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar
	Saturday November 22nd Independence Day Lebanon: On this day in 1943, Lebanon’s leaders were released from detention by French occupation forces
	Monday December 1st Long Weekend! Public Holiday Lebanon: Two days of public holidays have been declared for the visit of Pope Leo XIV.
	Tuesday December 2nd Public Holiday Lebanon: Two days of public holidays have been declared for the visit of Pope Leo XIV.
	Thursday December 25th Christmas Day Lebanon: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC