| CYPRUS
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS CALENDAR |
| Jan
1: New Years Day |
| The first
day of the year. |
| Jan
6: Epiphany |
|
| The baptism
of Christ. |
| Green
Monday (Variable) - (2011 - Mar 07) |
| Green Monday
is also know as Clean Monday, Pure Monday and Ash Monday. This
is the first day of the Greek Orthodox Great Lent. It occurs in
the beginning of the 7th week before Easter Sunday. The day is
celebrated in Greece and Cyprus by outdoor excursions, kite flying
and consumption of seafood and other non-meat product. |
| Mar
25: Greek National Day |
| Greek Independence
day - also know as Greek Revolution day. It marks the beginning
of the Greek war of independence from the Ottoman Empire (1821
- 1831) |
| Apr
1: Greek Cypriot National Day |
1st April
1955 - This day marks the start of the EOKA rebellion for Cyprus
to obtain independence from Great Britain
(WORTH NOTING: April 1st is also know as FOOLS DAY or ALL FOOLS
DAY in may countries) |
| Greek
Orthodox Good Friday - (2011 - Apr 22) |
Easter the
most important religious holiday in the Greek Orthodox calendar.
Good Friday is on the Friday before Easter sunday. It commemorates
the crucifixions of Christ. On this day special prayer services
are held with readings from the Gospels of the events leading
up to the crucifixion.
NOTE:
Western - Catholic Good Friday (2011 - Apr 22 - same as the Greek
Easter Friday) |
| Greek
Orthodox Easter Monday - (2011 - Apr 25) |
| Easter Monday
the day after Easter Sunday. celebrated as a holiday in most Christian
countries. NOTE:
Western - Catholic Easter Monday (2011 - Apr 25 - same as the
Greek Easter Monday) |
| May
1: Labour Day |
| The day celebrating
the struggle economic and social achievements of workers. Labour
Day is an annual holiday celebrated across the world. |
| Pentecost
- Kataklysmos (50
days after Greek Orthodox Easter) - (2011 - Jun
12) |
| The Holy
Spirit or the Holy Ghost day. |
| Aug
15: Dormition of the Virgin Mary |
| The second
most important religious holiday in the Greek Orthodox calendar.
This is the day of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Mother of
Jesus. According to Greek Orthodoxy this is the day that Jesus
Christ had taken Mary's body to heaven after her soul and reunited
them, as a foretaste of the forthcoming general resurrection. |
| Oct
1: Cyprus Independence Day |
| 1st October
1960 - Cyprus gains its independence from Great Britain and becomes
a democracy. |
| Oct
28: Greek National Day (Ohi Day) |
| Celebrated
throughout Greece and Cyprus as Ohi Day (No Day). On the 28th
of October 1940 when the then Greek leader Ioannis Metaxas, was
presented with an ultimatum by the Italians to let Axis forces
to enter Greece or face war. Ioannis Metaxas allegedly replied
with a single word to the ultimatum OHI which is the Greek word
for NO. |
| Dec
24-26: Christmas |
| Nativity
of Jesus Christ. The Christian holiday celebrating the birth of
Jesus Christ. |
|
Cyprus Public Holidays Calendar
