Public holidays in Greece
Eastern in Greece
According to Greek law every Sunday of the year is a public holiday. In addition, there are nine mandatory, official public holidays: New Year's Day 1 January, Theophany 6 January, Clean Monday (moveable), Greek Independence Day and Annunciation 25 March, Orthodox Good Friday (movable), Orthodox Easter Monday (movable), 1 May, Orthodox Pentecost Monday (movable), Dormition 15 August, Oxi Day 28 October, Nativity 25 December, and Synaxis of the Theotokos 26 December. There are, however, more public holidays celebrated in Greece than are announced by the Ministry of Labour each year as mandatory. The list of these non-fixed National Holidays rarely changes and has not changed in recent decades, giving a total of twelve National Holidays each year.
A public holiday that occurs on a Sunday is not transferred to another date, with the exception of 1 May, which is regarded by the locals more as a general strike than a public holiday.
In addition to the national holidays, some public holidays that are not celebrated nationwide, but only by a specific professional group or a local community. For example, many municipalities have a patron Saint also called 'Name Day' or a Liberation Day, and at this day it is customary for schools to have a day off.
National holidays
Profession-specific holidays
Bibliography
Tomkinson, John L. Festive Greece: A Calendar of Tradition.
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