Holiday Guide for Ethiopia in 2025

Ethiopia information

Population: 114.96m
Capital: Addis Ababa
Calling Code: (251)
Time Zone: 0 UTC
Currency: Ethiopian birr
Language: Amharic

List of National Holidays in Ethiopia in 2025

	Tuesday January 7th Ethiopian Christmas Ethiopia: The Ethiopian Church recognises 7th January as the day that Jesus was born
	Sunday January 19th Orthodox Epiphany Ethiopia: In the Ethiopian Orthodox tradition, Epiphany is the day that Jesus was baptised
	Sunday March 2nd Victory of Adwa Ethiopia: Commemorates Ethiopia's victory over Italy in 1896, which secured Ethiopian sovereignty
	Monday March 31st Long Weekend! Eid al-Fitre Ethiopia: The festival of Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Fast breaking, marks the end of Ramadan
	Friday April 18th Long Weekend! Ethiopian Good Friday Ethiopia: Easter is the principal festival of Greece and the Orthodox Church
	Sunday April 20th Ethiopian Easter Ethiopia: 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 Ethiopia: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Monday May 5th Long Weekend! Patriots' Victory Day Ethiopia: On May 5th 1941, Emperor Haile Selassie entered Addis Ababa, marking the end of the Italian occupation
	Wednesday May 28th Downfall of the Derg Ethiopia: Marks the defeat of the Derg regime in 1991
	Saturday June 7th Eid Al Adaha Ethiopia: 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 September 5th Long Weekend! Moulid Ethiopia: Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar
	Thursday September 11th Ethiopian New Year Ethiopia: 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 Ethiopia: Commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by Saint Helena in the fourth century