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Syria Official Holidays

Holidays in Syria

Official Public Holidays

Holidays	2007
New Year's Day	January
Unity Day	February
Festival of Sacrifice (Eid Al Adha)¹	January
Revolution Day	March
Islamic New Year²	February
Arab League Day	March
National Independence Day	April
Martyr's Day	May
Birthday of Prophet Mohammad (Mawlid an Nabi)³	April
Start of Ramadan*¹	October
End of Ramadan (Eid Al Fitr)*²	November
Christmas Day*³	December

¹	Culmination of the Hajj or Holy Pilgrimage.
²	The lunar Islamic Hijra calendar is made up of 12 months, each month alternating between 29 and 30 days per month, culminating in a total of 354 days per year. The Hijra calendar is based on the cycles of the moon and annually moves 11 days backward through the seasons.
³	The Birthday of the Prophet Mohammad is celebrated on the twelfth day in the month of Rabi'l of the Islamic calendar.
*¹	Ramadan (the month of fasting) begins with the first appearance of the new moon in the ninth month of the lunar Islamic Hijra calendar, and lasts 30 days. Dates for the start of Ramadan will vary from country to country, depending on the first appearance of the moon.
*²	Feasting that officially marks the end of Ramadan, and commonly lasts for three days.
*³	Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. In A.D.320, Pope Julius I fixed the date at December 25 based on the Gregorian calendar. The Orthodox church calculates Christmas using the Julian calendar and celebrates 13 days later on January 7.

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