Greek Easter & Other Greek Public Holiday Dates To help you plan ahead the following are public holidays in Greece when banks and public offices are shut. During the tourist season tourist services tend to stay open 7 days a week - with the exception of Easter Sunday when very few tavernas or bars are open and definitely no shops. Town and village shops are closed by law on Sundays, but tourist shops may be open. (Moveable dates are in blue italics with the year quoted) New Year’s Day 1 January Epiphany 6 January Clean Monday 15 Feb 2010, 7 Mar 2011, 27 Feb 2012 Independence Day 25 March Good Friday2 April 2010, 22 Apr 2011, 13 Apr 2012 Easter Sunday 4 April 2010, 24 Apr 2011, 15 Apr 2012 Easter Monday5 April 2010, 25 Apr 2011, 16 Apr 2012 Labour Day 1 May Pentecost 23 June 2010, 12 Jun 2011, 3 Jun 2012 Whitsun Monday24 June 2010, 13 Jun 2011, 4 Jun 2012 Assumption Day 15 August Ochi Day 28 October Christmas Day 25 December Second Day of Christmas 26 December In addition to the above public holidays there will be local festivals commemorating local events or name day celebrations for the patron saint of local churches. Saints’ days / name days in the Greek Orthodox church can be found on www.namedays.gr - you can look up in English or Greek by name or date.
