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Holidays

The following are the 2018 Lebanese National holidays. When holidays occur on a non-working weekend day, the government might declare the day before (if Saturday) or after (if Sunday) as an official holiday.

Official Holidays
Date National Holiday
Wednesday, January 1, 2020 New Year’s Day
Monday, January 6, 2020 Christmas Day – Armenian Orthodox
Sunday, February 9, 2020 St. Maroun's Day
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 Annunciation Day
Friday, April 10, 2020 Good Friday (Western Church)
Sunday, April 12, 2020 Easter (Western Church)
Friday, April 17, 2020 Good Friday (Eastern Church)
Sunday, April 19, 2020 Easter (Eastern Church)
Friday, May 1, 2020 Labor Day
Saturday, May 23, 2020 Eid Al-Fitr (Ramadan) Day 1 *
Sunday, May 24, 2020 Eid Al-Fitr (Ramadan) Day 2 *
Friday, July 31, 2020 Eid Al-Adha *
Saturday, August 15, 2020 Assumption of Virgin Mary
Thursday, August 20, 2020 Hijri New Year *
Saturday, August 29, 2020 Commemoration of Ashoura *
Thursday, October 29, 2020 Prophet Mohammad’s Birthday *
Sunday, November 22, 2020 Independence Day
Friday, December 25, 2020 Christmas Day
 

(*) Tentative dates that vary with Hijri calendar. The exact date on which the national holiday falls is declared by the state days in advance.