Holiday Guide for Eritrea in 2025

Eritrea information

Population: 5.35m
Capital: Asmara
Calling Code: (291)
Time Zone: 0 UTC
Currency: Eritrean nakfa
Language: Tigrinya

List of Public Holidays in Eritrea in 2025

	Wednesday January 1st New Year's Day Eritrea: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
	Tuesday January 7th Orthodox Christmas Eritrea: The Orthodox Church recognises January 7th as the day that Jesus was born
	Sunday January 19th Orthodox Epiphany Eritrea: In the Orthodox tradition, Epiphany is the day that Jesus was baptised
	Saturday March 8th Women's Day Eritrea: The UN has declared March 8th to be a day to celebrate, recognise and remember women
	Monday March 31st Long Weekend! Eid al-Fitre Eritrea: The festival of Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Fast breaking, marks the end of Ramadan
	Friday April 18th Long Weekend! Orthodox Good Friday Eritrea: Easter is the principal festival of Greece and the Orthodox Church
	Sunday April 20th Orthodox Easter Day Eritrea: 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 Eritrea: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Saturday May 24th Independence Day Eritrea: The National Day of Eritrea marks independence from Ethiopia on May 24th 1993
	Saturday June 7th Eid Al Adaha Eritrea: 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 20th Long Weekend! Eritrea Martyrs' Day Eritrea: An official holiday to pay tribute to those who died for the country's liberation between 1961 and 1991
	Monday September 1st Long Weekend! Eritrea Revolution Day Eritrea: Marks the start of the armed struggle for independence with the Battle of Adal in 1961.
	Friday September 5th Long Weekend! Moulid Eritrea: Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar
	Thursday September 11th Keddus Johannes Eritrea: The Ethiopian calendar is based on the Coptic calendar, which was fixed to the Julian calendar in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus of Rome
	Saturday September 27th Meskel Eritrea: Commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by Saint Helena in the fourth century
	Thursday December 25th Christmas Day Eritrea: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC