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Nov21
Hidar Michael · ኅዳር ሚካኤል
Annual feast of St. Michael · Saturday · Hidar 12, 2019
Nov30
Hidar Tsion · ኅዳር ጽዮን
Feast of St. Mary of Zion · Monday · Hidar 21, 2019
Dec28
St. Gabriel's Day (Kulubi) · ቁልቢ ገብርኤል
Annual feast of St. Gabriel · Monday · Tahsas 19, 2019
Jan7
Genna · ገና
Ethiopian Christmas · Thursday · Tahsas 29, 2019
Jan19
Timket · ጥምቀት
Ethiopian Epiphany · Tuesday · Tir 11, 2019
Jan20
Kana Zegelila · ቃና ዘገሊላ
Wedding at Cana, the day after Timket · Wednesday · Tir 12, 2019
Feb8
Start of Ramadan · ረመዳን
First day of the month of fasting · Monday · Yekatit 1, 2019
Feb23
Kidane Mehret · ኪዳነ ምሕረት
Feast of the Covenant of Mercy · Tuesday · Yekatit 16, 2019
Mar2
Adwa Victory Day · የዓድዋ ድል በዓል
Victory at the Battle of Adwa, 1896 · Tuesday · Yekatit 23, 2019
Mar9
Eid al-Fitr · ዒድ አል-ፈጥር
End of Ramadan · Tuesday · Yekatit 30, 2019
Apr4
Debre Zeit · ደብረ ዘይት
Mid-Lent Sunday (Mount of Olives) · Sunday · Megabit 26, 2019
Apr25
Hosanna · ሆሣዕና
Palm Sunday · Sunday · Miazia 17, 2019

National holidays

Mar2
Adwa Victory Day · የዓድዋ ድል በዓል
Victory at the Battle of Adwa, 1896 · Tuesday · Yekatit 23, 2019
May1
International Labour Day · የሠራተኞች ቀን
May Day · Saturday · Miazia 23, 2019
May5
Patriots' Victory Day · የአርበኞች ቀን
Liberation of Addis Ababa, 1941 · Wednesday · Miazia 27, 2019
May28
Derg Downfall Day · ግንቦት ፳
Ginbot 20, end of the Derg regime in 1991 · Friday · Ginbot 20, 2019
Sep12
Enkutatash · እንቁጣጣሽ
Ethiopian New Year · Sunday · Meskerem 1, 2020

Orthodox Christian holidays

Nov21
Hidar Michael · ኅዳር ሚካኤል
Annual feast of St. Michael · Saturday · Hidar 12, 2019
Nov30
Hidar Tsion · ኅዳር ጽዮን
Feast of St. Mary of Zion · Monday · Hidar 21, 2019
Dec28
St. Gabriel's Day (Kulubi) · ቁልቢ ገብርኤል
Annual feast of St. Gabriel · Monday · Tahsas 19, 2019
Jan7
Genna · ገና
Ethiopian Christmas · Thursday · Tahsas 29, 2019
Jan19
Timket · ጥምቀት
Ethiopian Epiphany · Tuesday · Tir 11, 2019
Jan20
Kana Zegelila · ቃና ዘገሊላ
Wedding at Cana, the day after Timket · Wednesday · Tir 12, 2019
Feb23
Kidane Mehret · ኪዳነ ምሕረት
Feast of the Covenant of Mercy · Tuesday · Yekatit 16, 2019
Apr4
Debre Zeit · ደብረ ዘይት
Mid-Lent Sunday (Mount of Olives) · Sunday · Megabit 26, 2019
Apr25
Hosanna · ሆሣዕና
Palm Sunday · Sunday · Miazia 17, 2019
Apr30
Siklet · ስቅለት
Ethiopian Good Friday · Friday · Miazia 22, 2019
May2
Fasika · ፋሲካ
Ethiopian Easter · Sunday · Miazia 24, 2019
Jun10
Erget · ዕርገት
Ascension, 40 days after Fasika · Thursday · Sene 3, 2019
Jun20
Peraklitos · ጰራቅሊጦስ
Pentecost, 50 days after Fasika · Sunday · Sene 13, 2019
Aug19
Buhe · ቡሄ
Debre Tabor, the Transfiguration · Thursday · Nehase 13, 2019
Aug22
Filseta · ፍልሰታ
Feast of the Assumption of Mary · Sunday · Nehase 16, 2019
Sep28
Meskel · መስቀል
Finding of the True Cross · Tuesday · Meskerem 17, 2020

Islamic holidays

Feb8
Start of Ramadan · ረመዳን
First day of the month of fasting · Monday · Yekatit 1, 2019
Mar9
Eid al-Fitr · ዒድ አል-ፈጥር
End of Ramadan · Tuesday · Yekatit 30, 2019
May16
Eid al-Adha · ዒድ አል-አድሐ (አረፋ)
Arafa, the Feast of Sacrifice · Sunday · Ginbot 8, 2019
Aug14
Mawlid · መውሊድ
The Prophet Muhammad's birthday · Saturday · Nehase 8, 2019

Ethiopia has 13 official public holidays: Enkutatash, Meskel, Genna, Timket, Adwa Victory Day, Siklet, Fasika, Labour Day, Patriots’ Victory Day, Derg Downfall Day, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and Mawlid. Islamic dates are expected dates and are confirmed by moon sighting.