National Holidays in Ethiopia in 2024
Upcoming Holidays in Ethiopia
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: Ethiopian Christmas
- The Ethiopian Church recognises 7th January as the day that Jesus was born
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: Orthodox Epiphany
- In the Ethiopian Orthodox tradition, Epiphany is the day that Jesus was baptised
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: Victory of Adwa
- Commemorates Ethiopia's victory over Italy in 1896, which secured Ethiopian sovereignty
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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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: Ethiopian Good Friday
- Easter is the principal festival of Greece and the Orthodox Church
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: Ethiopian Easter
- 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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: Patriots' Victory Day
- On May 5th 1941, Emperor Haile Selassie entered Addis Ababa, marking the end of the Italian occupation
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: Downfall of the Derg
- Marks the defeat of the Derg regime in 1991
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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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: Ethiopian New Year
- 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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