Armed Forces Day is celebrated in Egypt every year on 6th October. This day commemorates the surprise joint attack on Israel by Egypt and Syria on the morning of Yom Kippur (a Jewish religious holiday) on 6th October 1973 (which was 10th Ramadan in that year) in an attempt to win back the land lost during the 1967 Six Day War

The coptic church is an orthodox church and in the coptic church christmas is celebrated on the 7th January.
Advent is observed for forty days and during this period people are expected to fast eating no meat, poultry or dairy products. Some people only do this during the last week of Advent.

Eid Al-Adha or the Festival of Sacrifice is a religious festival celebrated by Muslims worldwide in commemoration of Ibrahim (Abraham) willingness to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to Allah.

Eid Al-Fitr is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while Fitr means "to break the fast" (and can also mean "nature", from the word "fitrah"); and so the holiday

Evacuation Day is celebrated in Egypt each year on 18th June. It marks the proclamation of the Egyptian Republic after a military coup deposed King Farouk in 1952, and the day in 1956 when Egypt declared full independence from the British.

Flooding of the Nile is an important cycle in Egypt. It is celebrated by Egyptians as an annual holiday for two weeks starting August 15, known as Wafaa El-Nil.

It is also celebrated in the Coptic Church by ceremonially throwing a martyr's relic into the river. Hence the name Esba' al-shaheed (the martyr's finger).