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Cyprus: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
Cyprus: Commemorates Christ's baptism by John the Baptist in the river Jordan.
Monday March 11th
Green Monday
Cyprus: Also known as Ash Monday. Clean Monday begins the season of Great Lent in Eastern Orthodox Churches
Cyprus: Greece's Independence Day is actually a holiday that has blended over time with an older festival - the feast of the Annunciation
Monday April 1st
National Day
Cyprus: Also known as 'EOKA Day', this holiday commemorates the start of the insurgence against the British in 1955
Cyprus: Easter is the principal festival of Greece and the Orthodox Church
Cyprus: The Orthodox church uses the Julian calendar for the calculation of Easter, which can often mean that Orthodox Easter falls later than Easter observed elsewhere
Cyprus: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
Cyprus: Orthodox Pentecost Monday or Holy Spirit Monday is observed fifty days after Orthodox Easter
Cyprus: A Public Holiday for the funeral of former president Demetris Christofias
Cyprus: The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ
Cyprus: Cyprus became independent from the British in 1960
Cyprus: Also known as 'World War ΙΙ National Holiday', this holiday celebrates Greece's refusal to yield to the Axis powers in 1940.
Cyprus: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
Thursday December 26th
Boxing Day
Cyprus: The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
Notes
Holidays that fall on a weekend are not moved to the following Monday
