Sunday, 5 April 2026
Confirmed — source checked
This is the first listed date for this year; a separate observance date has not been assigned.
Western Easter is included only under Syria’s current post-2025 official-holiday framework.
Bank, office and school arrangements require the applicable authority or institution notice. Missing scope data does not mean open.
Sunday, 28 March 2027 · Estimated / awaiting confirmation
Next listed holiday day on or after today; this can be a closure day rather than the festival date.
Recorded confirmation and independent source review are shown separately. An institution-specific notice does not establish closure for every employer or school.
Obsolete and unsupported former holidays excluded
Reviewed · Scope: excluded_observances · Checked 2026-10-03
Decree 188 expressly repeals Decree 474 of 2004 and contrary provisions. Former 8 March Revolution Day, Martyrs’ Day, Tishreen Liberation War Day and Boxing Day are not in the current framework and are inactive.
2026 Western and Eastern Easter closure notice
Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-03
The Presidency expressly fixed 5 and 12 April 2026 for the two Christian Easter holidays.
Decree No. 188 of 2025 defining official holidays
Reviewed · Scope: current_framework · Checked 2026-10-03
Current framework. It repeals Decree 474 of 2004 and contrary provisions; unspecified movable dates require a Presidency bulletin.
2026 is confirmed from a dated official notice. Future Gregorian dates remain provisional until the Presidency issues the required bulletin or national lunar determination.
No separate nationwide bank-closure calendar is inferred; institutions may publish operational arrangements.
No separate school-calendar closure is inferred beyond the official public-institution notice.
Decree 188 of 2025 is the controlling framework; Decree 13 of 2026 separately added Nowruz. Former holidays are not carried forward unless the current framework supports them.
The calendar distinguishes fixed national holidays, religious movable holidays and one-off public-sector closures.
Observance does not create an additional day off beyond the supported occurrence.
Reconfirm future dates against the latest Syrian Presidency bulletin before travel or appointments.
Fixed statutory dates are confirmed from current decrees. 2026 movable dates have dated official notices; 2027 and 2028 Islamic and Easter dates are provisional.
No substitute or bridge day is inferred without an express current notice.
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