Holiday Guide for Lebanon in 2020

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 2020

	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
	Wednesday 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
	Friday April 10th Long Weekend! Good Friday (Western Church) Lebanon: Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
	Sunday April 12th Easter Sunday Lebanon: On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of the Jesus Christ after his crucifixion
	Friday April 17th Long Weekend! Good Friday (Eastern Church) Lebanon: Easter is the principal festival of Greece and the Orthodox Church
	Sunday April 19th 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.
	Friday May 1st Long Weekend! Labour Day Lebanon: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Sunday May 24th Eid Al-Fitr Lebanon: The festival of Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Fast breaking, marks the end of Ramadan
	Monday May 25th Long Weekend! Resistance and Liberation Day Lebanon: Resistance and Liberation Day Marks Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon on May 25th 2000.
	Friday July 31st 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.
	Saturday August 1st Eid Al Adha Lebanon: Second day of the Feast of Sacrifice, the most important feast of the Muslim calendar
	Saturday August 15th Assumption Day Lebanon: The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ
	Thursday August 20th Awal Muharram Lebanon: Marks Islamic New Year and the Prophet's journey from Mecca to Medina in 622AD.
	Saturday August 29th Ashoura Lebanon: Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Mourning of Muharram
	Thursday October 29th Birthday of Prophet Muhammed Lebanon: Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar
	Sunday November 22nd Independence Day Lebanon: On this day in 1943, Lebanon’s leaders were released from detention by French occupation forces
	Friday December 25th Long Weekend! Christmas Day Lebanon: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC