Public holidays in Egypt

Holidays in Egypt have many classifications. There are a set of national holidays celebrated by the entire population. Since Islam is the state religion, the Islamic holidays are observed by all Egyptians. Christian holidays are not national holidays (except eastern Christmas), however the Christians are permitted to observe these holidays.

National holidays

The following holidays are celebrated across the country, with the government offices and ministries closed. These holidays are either national secular holidays or important religious holidays.

Date	English Name	Description
January 7	Christmas (Old Calendarists)	Celebrates the nativity of Jesus Christ, according to the Oriental Coptic Orthodox Church (Old calendarist)
January 25	Egypt Police Day	Celebrates Egypt Police
April 25	Sinai Liberation Day	Celebrates the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Sinai peninsula
May 1	Labour Day
July 23	Revolution Day	Celebrates the 1952 Revolution
October 6	Armed Forces Day	Celebrates The Crossing of the Suez Canal by Egyptian forces during the October War

Movable holidays

The following holidays are public holidays but the date on which each occurs varies, according to its corresponding Coptic or Islamic calendar, and thus has no set date. In order in which they occur:

English Name	Description
Sham El Nessim (Spring festival)	The Monday following Orthodox Easter
Islamic New Year	The new year based on the lunar islamic calendar
Prophet Mohamed's Birthday	The Birthday of Prophet Mohamed
Ramadan Feast	Religious holiday for 3 days
Sacrifice Feast	Religious holiday for 4 days

Other holidays

These holidays are widely celebrated, yet government offices, public institutions and ministries remain open.

Date	English Name	Description
January 1	New Year's Day	The New Year according to the Gregorian calendar
March 3	Sportsmen's day	Celebrates all Egypt's sportsmen
March 21	Mother's Day	Celebrates all mothers
June 18	Evacuation Day (Eid el-Galaa)	Celebrates the evacuation of foreign troops in 1954
August 15	Flooding of the Nile (Wafaa Elnil)	Celebrates the beginning of the Nile floods
October 21	Egyptian Naval Day	Celebrates the destruction of Israeli destroyer Eilat in 1967
October 24	Suez Day / Popular Resistance Day	Celebrates the resistance of local citizens in Suez during the October War.
December 23	Victory Day	Celebrates the ending of the Suez Crisis

References

• "World Holidays -> Egypt 2006". Oanda Corporation.
• "Egypt Holidays". Planetware.

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