Holidays & Festivals

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We love them and we’d love them more if they were uniform across the globe. Holidays and Festivals have a habit of happening after you’ve worked out your travel schedule to the last nanosecond. Find out how your trip figures with calendars around the world with JourneyMart’s exhaustive list.
GREECE
Date 2008 Occasion
January 1 New Year's Day  
January 6 Epiphany
January 30 The Three Holy Hierarchs
March 10 Ash Monday
March 25 Greek Independence Day
April 27 Easter Day
April 28 Easter Monday
May 1 Labour Day
June 16 Holy Spirit Monday
July 25 The Restoration of Democracy
August 15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
October 28 Ochi Day
November 17 Polytechneio
December 25 Christmas Day
December 26 Boxing Day
Non-Holiday Observances

October 26                     St. Demetrius, Patron Saint's Day in Thessaloniki

You should know:

Public holidays occurring on a weekend are not moved

Weekend Saturday,Sunday