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Public Holidays

1st of January: New Year’s Day
6th of January: Epiphany: Concecration of the waters in the Piraeus Area. The cross is cast to the sea and young men dive in to retrieve it.
41 days before Eastern: Srove Monday (Kathari Deytera): The commencement of Lenten fasting. On this day we fly kites!
25th of March: Independence Day
Good Friday to Easter Bank Holiday: In the afternoon of Good Friday, people holding candles and singing psalms join the procession of the Epitaph in every town and village of Greece.
Eve of Easter: Ressurection: We celebrate the resurrection with fireworks and flares at midnight.
Eastern Day: According to custom, we eat spited lamp and the festivities include lots of music and dancing
1st of May: International Labour Day
50 days after Easter: Pentecost
15th of August: The Dormition of the Virgin
28th of October: The ‘Ohi’ (‘No’) Day
25th and 26th of December: Christmas

note
Easter in 2008 is from the 25th to the 28th of April
Easter for 2009 is from the 17th to the 20th of April