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DATAS
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DATES
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Feriados |
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Holidays
1 January - New Year´s
Day
6 January - Epiphany
6 March - Ash Monday
25 March - National
Holiday
23 and 24 and April -
Easter
1 May - May Day
12 June - Whit Monday
(Holiday only for public sector)
15 Ausgust - Dormition
(Assumption) of the Virgin
28 October - National Holiday
25 and 26 December - Christmas
EVENTOS |
EVENTS
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Principais
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Main Events
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January 1: the New Year's Day
January 1 is the Feast of Áyios
Vassílios (Saint Basil) and is
celebrated with church services. It is
also the day of the "vassilopita", a
sweat bread with a coin inside which
brings its finder good luck for the
future year. January 1 is also the day
were gifts are given to the children.
January 6: the Epiphany
It is the feast of Ayía Theofánia, or
Fóta which celebrates the day when the "kalikántzari",
hobgoblins which appeared during the
period of Christmas, were re-banished to
the netherworld by the church's rites.
During Epiphany, waters are blessed and
evil spirits are banished. At lakeside,
seaside or riverside locations, the
priests throw a cross into the water and
young local compete for the privilege
and blessing of recovering it.
January 8: the Yinekokratia
The feast of the Yinekokratia takes
place in some villages of Thrace, a
north region, where Saint Domenica is
celebrated. It is a day where men and
women reverses their daily roles for the
day.
January 31- February 22: The Carnivals
The Carnival is called "Apokries" and is
expressed by three weeks of feasting and
dancing for three weeks before the
Lenten Monday (Katharí Dheftera).
Important celebrations take place in
Patra, Xanthi and Cephalonia with
chariot parade and costumes parties.
March 25: Feast of Annunciation
It is a feast which celebrates when the
angel Gabriel announce Mary about the
incarnation of the Christ.
April 23: the Feast of Agios Georgios
(St George)
The feast is celebrating the knight who
killed the Dragon. Saint George is the
patron of the shepherds and celebrations
are organised in all the country. Great
festivities also take place in Arahova
and Skyros, George is patron saint.
May/June: the Day of the Aghio Pneuma
(Holy Spirit)
The feast take place 40-50 days after
Easter.
August 15: Day of the Assumption of the
Virgin Mary
This feast celebrates Mary's ascent to
Heaven. Great pilgrimages take place to
Tinos and festivities are organised in
Páros, Lesvos, Olymbos or Karpathos.
December 25: Christmas
The feast is of great importance as it
celebrating the birth of the Christ. The
traditional Greek decoration was a
wooden boat but today, the decoration is
closest to the western tradition.
It is a day were many religious and
musical festivities take place but also
shopping festivities as all the
occidental countries.
The 25th is also a day were children
traditionally sing Christmas carols (kalanda)
from door to door asking for money.
National Festivals
March 25: Greek Independence Day
It the day of the celebration of the
beginning of the Greek revolt against
the Turkish occupants in 1821. It is
celebrated with military parades all
over Greece.
May 1: Labor Day
It is called "Protomayia" and it is a
urban holiday when people traditionally
go to the countryside for picnic and
pick great bunches of flowers.
It is also a day where large
demonstrations organised by the left
wings take place.
October 28: National Anniversary
It is the day of the National
Anniversary of Greek Independence. The
day is characterised by military parades
and folk dances. The day is also called
"Ohi Day" in honour of General Metaxa's
famous "Oxi!" (no!) as a refusal to
Mussolini's demand to occupy the country
during World War II
November 17
Day of the student rise against the
Junta of 1974.
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