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Greek Holidays include New Year's Day and Christmas plus Independence Day, Flower Day and Ohi Day. Greek Holy Days include the Twelve Great Feasts starting in September. The Greek Orthodox Easter calendar is listed through 2025. Also visit the Greek Name Days, and Greek Festivals pages.

When are the Major Greek Holidays?

• January 1 - New Year's Day & St. Vasileios Day
• March 25 - Greek Independence Day (Otoman Empire 1820's)
• May 1 - Flower Festival & Labor Day
• October 28 - Greek Oxi Day (Greeks said NO! to Mousolini's request for surrender)
• December 25 - Christmas

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When are the Greek Religious Holy Days?

• January 6 - Epiphany
• February 2 - The Presentation of Christ in the Temple
• March 25 - The Annunciation
• Sunday before Easter - Palm Sunday
• Friday before Easter - Good Friday (Megali Paraskevi)
• 40 days after Easter - The Ascension
• 50 days after Easter - Pentecost
• August 6 - The Transfiguration
• August 15 - The Dormition of Theotoko (Repose of the Virgin Mary - Assumption Day)
• September 8 - The Nativity of the Virgin Mary
• September 14 - The Elevation of the Life-giving Cross
• November 21 - The Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the Temple
• December 25 - Christmas