Cyprus information
Population: 1.21m Capital: Nicosia Calling Code: (357) Time Zone: +2 UTC Currency: Euro Language: Greek (modern)
List of National
Holidays in Cyprus in 2021
Friday January 1st
Long Weekend!
New Year's Day
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 15th
Long Weekend!
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
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: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
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: The name Whitsunday is generally attributed to the white garments formerly worn by the candidates for baptism on this feast
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
Thursday October 28th
Ochi Day
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
Sunday 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