Public Holidays in Lebanon

Public Holidays Lebanon

1 January New Year's Day (Le Nouvel an)

6 January Epiphany and Armenian Christmas (The latter holiday was officially recognized in Lebanon in 2003. It is exclusively celebrated by Armenians in Lebanon)

9 February St. Maroun Day (The holiday is celebrated by the Maronites)

25 March Feast of the Annunciation (Observed by both Christians and Muslims)

Friday immediately before Easter Sunday Good Friday (Both the Eastern and Western dates are observed. Also called الجمعة العظيمة‎ in Arabic)

moveable Easter Sunday (Both the Eastern and Western dates are observed)

1 May Workers' Day‎

6 May Martyrs' Day (Syrian and Lebanese national holiday commemorating the Syrian and Lebanese nationalists executed in Damascus and Beirut on May 6, 1916 by Jamal Pasha)

25 May Liberation and Resistance Day (Withdrawal of the Israeli Army from Southern Lebanon in 2000)

15 August Feast of the Assumption

22 November Lebanese Independence Day (Lebanon gained its independence from France in 1943)

25 December Christmas Day

Dates following the lunar Islamic calendar

1 Muharram Islamic New Year (In French, it is also known as 1er Muharram)

10 Muharram Day of Ashura (Maqtal al-Husayn is sometimes read on this day)

12 Rabi' al-awwal Mawlid (holiday is celebrated on 12 Rabi' al-awwal by the Sunnis while it is celebrated on 17 Rabi' al-awwal by the Shi'ites. Also known as mouloud, mouled, maoulide or Mawlid al-Nabi in French)

1 Shawwal Eid al-Fitr (The holiday lasts for three days until 3 Shawwal. Also known as Id-ul-Fitr, Eid, and the Festival of the Breaking of the Fast)

10 Dhu al-Hijjah Eid al-Adha (The holiday lasts three days, ending on 13 Dhu al-Hijjah. Also known as la Fête du sacrifice, Aïd al Adha, or Eid el-Kebir in French)