Holiday Guide for Ethiopia in 2020

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 2020

	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
	Monday March 2nd Long Weekend! Victory of Adwa Ethiopia: Commemorates Ethiopia's victory over Italy in 1896, which secured Ethiopian sovereignty
	Friday April 17th Long Weekend! Ethiopian Good Friday Ethiopia: Easter is the principal festival of Greece and the Orthodox Church
	Sunday April 19th 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.
	Friday May 1st Long Weekend! Labour Day Ethiopia: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Tuesday May 5th Patriots' Victory Day Ethiopia: On May 5th 1941, Emperor Haile Selassie entered Addis Ababa, marking the end of the Italian occupation
	Sunday May 24th Eid al-Fitre Ethiopia: The festival of Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Fast breaking, marks the end of Ramadan
	Thursday May 28th Downfall of the Derg Ethiopia: Marks the defeat of the Derg regime in 1991
	Friday July 31st Long Weekend! 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 11th Long Weekend! 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
	Sunday September 27th Meskel Ethiopia: Commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by Saint Helena in the fourth century
	Thursday October 29th Moulid Ethiopia: Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar