Holidays Around the World

All Countries • All Holidays • Major Religions • Multi-Cultural


Ethiopia Holidays


Orthodox New Year Celebrated by Orthodox Christians

Orthodox New Year is a religious observance for Coptic Orthodox Christians all over the world.

Orthodox New Year: January 14

Orthodox New Year is a religious observance for Orthodox Christians all over the world.

Orthodox New Year is also known as Old New Year. The New Year falls on January 1 on the old Julian calendar, corresponding to January 14 on the modern Gregorian calendar, and it will remain as such until 2100. Orthodox Christians follow the Julian calendar that was the effective calendar before the appearance of the Gregorian calendar edited by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582.

Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on 13 Jan 2012 in : Christian Calendar,Equatorial Guinea Holidays,Ethiopia Holidays,France Holidays


Ethiopia celebrates Coptic New Year

Ethiopian New Year is a National Holiday in Ethopia.

Ethiopian New Year Date: September 11

Ethiopian New Year is a Public Holiday in Ethiopia.

Enkutatash or Ithiopian (Ethiopian) New Year is celebrated on September 11th according to the Western or Gregorian calendar. Ethiopia still follows the Orthodox Julian calendar which consists of 12 months of 30 days and a 13th month, Pagume, of five or six days, depending on whether or not it is a leap year. The Ithiopian calendar is seven years and eight months behind the Gregorian calendar, so September 2001 is Meskerem 1994 in Ethiopia.

Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on 11 Sep 2011 in : Ethiopia Holidays,September Holidays


Ethiopia Commemorates The Downfall of Dergue Regime (Derg Downfall Day)

flag of Ethiopia

Ethiopia Dergue Regime Overthrow: May 28

Dergue Regime Overthrow is a public holiday in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia commemorates the end of Derg regime in 1991, a military junta which ruled Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987. The holiday is officially called as Derg Downfall Day and is celebrated yearly in the country every 28th of May.

Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on 27 May 2011 in : Ethiopia Holidays,May Holidays


Labour Day; May Day; Workers’ Day; Day of Kazak

May Day is an international holiday worldwide.

May Day Date: May 1

May Day is celebrated throughout most of the world as a public holiday.

May 1 is considered as the Labour Day by almost all the nations of the world. The workers of the world celebrate this as an annual holiday. This day is the result of a massive labor union movement; this day celebrates the social and economic achievements of workers. This day is also known as May Day. Not only these two names, May 1 has many other names like Worker’s day, National Unification Day, Day of Kazak people’s Unity, Eid el-Ommal, etc.

Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on 01 May 2011 in : Afghanistan Holidays,Albania Holidays,Algeria Holidays,Andorra Holidays,Angola Holidays,Antigua and Barbuda Holidays,Antilles and Aruba Holidays,Argentina Holidays,Armenia Holidays,Australia Holidays,Austria Holidays,Azerbaijan Holidays,Bahamas Holidays,Bahrain Holidays,Balearic Islands Holidays,Bangladesh Holidays,Barbados Holidays,Belarus Holidays,Belgium Holidays,Belize Holidays,Benin Holidays,Bermuda Holidays,Bhutan Holidays,Bolivia Holidays,Bosnia and Herzegovina Holidays,Botswana Holidays,Brazil Holidays,British Virgin Islands Holidays,Brunei Darussalem Holidays,Bulgaria Holidays,Burkina Faso Holidays,Burundi Holidays,Cambodia Holidays,Cameroon Holidays,Canada Holidays,Cape Verde Holidays,Central African Republic Holidays,Chad Holidays,Chile Holidays,China Holidays,Colombia Holidays,Comoros Holidays,Congo Holidays,Costa Rica Holidays,Cote d'Ivoire Holidays,Croatia Holidays,Cuba Holidays,Cyprus Holidays,Czech Republic Holidays,Denmark Holidays,Djibouti Holidays,Dominica Holidays,Dominican Republic Holidays,DR Congo Holidays,Ecuador Holidays,Egypt Holidays,El Salvador Holidays,Equatorial Guinea Holidays,Eritrea Holidays,Estonia Holidays,Ethiopia Holidays,Fiji Holidays,Finland Holidays,France Holidays,French Guiana Holidays,Gabon Holidays,Gambia Holidays,Georgia Holidays,Germany Holidays,Ghana Holidays,Greece Holidays,Greenland Holidays,Grenada Holidays,Guatemala Holidays,Guinea Bissau Holidays,Guinea Holidays,Guyana Holidays,Haiti Holidays,Honduras Holidays,Hungary Holidays,Iceland Holidays,India Holidays,Indonesia Holidays,Iran Holidays,Iraq Holidays,Ireland Holidays,Israel holidays,Italy Holidays,Jamaica Holidays,Japan Holidays,Jordan Holidays,Kazakhstan Holidays,Kenya Holidays,Kiribati Holidays,Krygyzstan Republic Holidays,Kuwait Holidays,Laos Holidays,Latvia Holidays,Lebanon Holidays,Lesotho Holidays,Liberia Holidays,Libya Holidays,Liechtenstein Holidays,Lithuania Holidays,Luxembourg Holidays,Macau Holidays,Macedonia Holidays,Madagascar Holidays,Malawi Holidays,Malaysia Holidays,Maldives Holidays,Mali Holidays,Malta Holidays,Marshall Islands Holidays,Mauritania Holidays,Mauritius Holidays,May Holidays,Mexico Holidays,Moldova Holidays,Monaco Holidays,Mongolia Holidays,Montenegro Holidays,Morocco Holidays,Mozambique Holidays,Myanmar Holidays,Namibia Holidays,Nauru Holidays,Nepal Holidays,Netherlands Holidays,New Caledonia Holidays,New Zealand Holidays,Nicaragua Holidays,Niger Holidays,Nigeria Holidays,North Korea Holidays,Norway Holidays,Oman Holidays,Pakistan Holidays,Palau Holidays,Palau New Guinea Holidays,Panama Holidays,Paraguay Holidays,Peru Holidays,Philippines Holidays,Poland Holidays,Portugal Holidays,Puerto Rico Holidays,Qatar Holidays,Reunion Islands Holidays,Romania Holidays,Russia Holidays,Rwanda Holidays,Samoa Holidays,San Marino Holidays,Sao Tome Holidays,Saudi Arabia Holidays,Senegal Holidays,Seychelles Holidays,Sierra Leone Holidays,Singapore Holidays,Slovakia Holidays,Slovenia Holidays,Solomon Islands,Somalia Holidays,South Africa Holidays,South Korea Holidays,Spain Holidays,Sri Lanka Holidays,St. Kitts Holidays,St. Lucia Holidays,St. Vincent Holidays,Sudan Holidays,Suriname Holidays,Swaziland Holidays,Sweden Holidays,Switzerland Holidays,Syria Holidays,Tahiti Holidays,Taiwan Holidays,Tajikistan Holidays,Tanzania Holidays,Thailand Holidays,Togo Holidays,Tonga Holidays,Trinidad and Tobago Holidays,Tunisia Holidays,Turkey Holidays,Turkmenistan Holidays,Tuvalu Holidays,Uganda Holidays,Ukraine Holidays,United Arab Emirates Holidays,United Kingdom Holidays,Uruguay Holidays,US Virgin Islands Holidays,Uzbekistan Holidays,Vanuatu Holidays,Venezuela Holidays,Yemen Holidays,Zambia Holidays,Zimbabwe Holidays


Ethiopian Patriots’ Victory Day

Ethiopian Patriots' Victory Day is celebrated as a public holiday in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Patriots’ Victory Day in Ethiopia: April 6

Ethiopian Patriots’ Victory Day is celebrated as a public holiday in Ethiopia

Patriots’ Victory Day is being commemorated by Ethiopia every April 6th to give respects to the Ethiopian patriots who fought for the independence of their country’s capital, Addis Ababa on 1941.

Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on 05 Apr 2011 in : Ethiopia Holidays

Next Page »