Greek Easter & Greek Public Holidays

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Greek Easter & Other Greek Public Holiday Dates

2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

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   27 Feb 2012, 18 Mar 2013, 3 Mar 2014, 23 Feb 2015
Independence Day 25 March
Good Friday   13 Apr 2012, 3 May 2013, 18 Apr 2014, 10 Apr 2015
Easter Sunday   15 Apr 2012, 5 May 2013, 20 Apr 2014, 12 Apr 2015
Easter Monday   16 Apr 2012, 6 May 2013, 21 Apr 2014, 13 Apr 2015
Labour Day   1 May
Pentecost   3 Jun 2012, 23 Jun 2013, 8 Jun 2014, 31 May 2015
Whitsun Monday 4 Jun 2012, 24 Jun 2013, 9 Jun 2014, 1 Jun 2015
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.

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