Egypt Facts: Holidays in Egypt

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.

• January 7, Christmas (Old Calendarists), Celebrates the nativity of Jesus Christ, according to the Oriental Coptic Orthodox Church (Old calendarist)
• 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:

• 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 4 days
• Sacrifice Feast, Religious holiday for 5 days

Other holidays

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

• January ,1 New Year's Day, The New Year according to the Gregorian calendar
• March 1, 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 6, Celebrates her "victory" over Israel in 1973 war, Israel defeat and Egypt's victory
• October 21 Egyptian Naval Day, Celebrates the destruction of Israeli destroyer Eilat in 1967
• October 24, Suez Day / Popular Resistance Da,y Celebrates the resistance of local citizens in Suez during the October War.
• December 23, Victory Day, Celebrates the ending of the Suez Crisis