[ PROCLAMATION NO. 258, June 13, 2023 ]
DECLARING WEDNESDAY, 28 JUNE 2023, A REGULAR HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN OBSERVANCE OF EID'L ADHA (FEAST OF SACRIFICE)
WHEREAS, Eid'l Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice is one of the two greatest feasts of Islam;
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 9849 declared the Tenth day of Zhul Hijja, the Twelfth month of the Islamic Calendar, a national holiday for the observance of Eidul Adha (Eid'l Adha), with a movable date;
WHEREAS, following the 1444 Hijrah Islamic Lunar Calendar, the National Commission on Muslim Filipino has recommended that 28 June 2023, Wednesday, be declared a national holiday, in observance of Edi'l Adha.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR., President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Wednesday, 28 June 2023, a regular holiday throughout the country, in observance of Eid'l Adha.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty Three.
By authority of the President
(SGD.) LUCAS P. BERSAMIN
Executive Secretary