Appointments of the holidays on which public Administrations and institutions, municipalities and private sector institutions will be closed (Decree No. 15215 Date 9/27/2005 as amended)
| Holidays |
Date |
Number of days |
notes |
| New Year’s day1 |
January 1 AD |
1 |
– |
| Hijri New Year’s day |
1 Muharram AH |
1 |
– |
| Armenian Christmas |
January 6 AD |
1 |
– |
| St. Maroun’s day |
February 9 AD |
1 |
– |
| Ashoura’s day |
10 Muharram AH |
1 |
– |
| Prophet Mohammed’s Birthday |
12 Rabi first AH |
1 |
– |
| Annuciation |
Mars 25 AD |
1 |
– |
| Good Friday (Western) |
Friday |
1 |
If these 2 holidays were in one day, vacation will be Friday and the following Saturday |
| Good Friday (Eastern) |
Friday |
1 |
|
| Labor Day |
May 1 AD |
1 |
If this holiday was a Sunday or an already vacation day: the private section will close the next day except hospitals, pharmacies, restaurants and bakeries and these institutions should pay double wages for workers in this day. |
| Assumption Day |
August 15 AD |
1 |
– |
| Eid El-Fitr (feast of End of Ramadan) |
Shawwal 1 & 2 AH |
2 |
– |
| Independence Day |
November 22 AD |
1 |
– |
| Eid Al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice) |
Dhul Hijjah 10 & 11 AH |
2 |
– |
| Christmas Day |
December 25 AD |
1 |
– |
If one of these holidays was a Sunday or an already vacation day, it won’t be replaced by another day, taking into account the provisions of the Good Friday & the Labor Day Holidays.
The memory of the martyrs which is in May 6 will be celebrated in the first Sunday of May.