Important Dates
On the Greek calendar there are many important dates. See below for some of them.
| Date | Subject | Information |
| 1st January | New Year | International New year |
| 6th January | Epiphany | Blessing of the waters |
| 30th January | The Three Holy Hierarchs | Commemoration of the patron saints of education |
| Movable | Clean Monday | First day of Lent |
| 25th March | War of independance day and the announciation of the virgin | -Anniversary of the war of independace from the Ottoman empire in 1821 -The annouciation of the virgin Mary |
| Movable | Easter Sunday | Easter |
| Movable | Easter Monday | Easter |
| Movable | Holy Spitit Monday | Whit Monday/Pentacost Monday |
| 1st May | Labour Day | Ergatiki Protomagia |
| 15th August | Dormination of the Virgin | Most important celebration of the Virgin Mary |
| 28th October | Ohi Day | Celebration of the Ohi that Ioannis Metaxas said to the Italians when they wanted access to Greece in 1940 |
| 17th November | Polytechnio | Anniversary of the school students of 1973 who protested against facism |
| 25th December | Christmas | The birthday of Christ |
| 26th December | Boxing day/Synaxis Thotokou | Boxing Day |
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