Time to Plan
Every year, I share with you our upcoming Bank Holidays and Public Holidays. There’s 17 this year, and just in case you hadn’t realised, our first Bank Holiday is, of course, New Year’s Day, and the extra day on Friday 2nd January, Might as well make it a long weekend.
In the Fields
The next is Green Monday, aka Kathari Deftera, which, literally translated, actually means Clean Monday, falling on the Monday, 23rd February this year. It’s officially the start of Lent, also known as Ash Monday. In true Cypriot fashion, it’s the day we dress up, paint our faces, go out to the fields and light BBQs and stop eating meat ’til that lovely BBQ Lamb, 49 days later on Easter Sunday, 12th April.
Long Weekends
Follow us on one of our social media apps for up-to-date info about What’s On … oh, and Bank Holidays fall on any day of the week here, so with 3 Mondays and 4 Fridays on the calendar, we’ll get 7 long weekends this year! … oh, and 3 midweek breaks … I’d better stock up on the charcoal!
Quick Catch Up
New Year’s Day … Thursday 1st January
Extra Day Off … Friday 2nd January
Epiphany Day aka Lights Out … Tuesday 6th January
Clean Monday, aka Green Monday … Monday 23rd February
Greek Independence Day … Wednesday 25th March
Cyprus National Day … Wednesday 1st April
Orthodox Good Friday … Friday 10th April
Easter Sunday … Sunday 12th April
Easter Monday … Monday 13th April
Easter Tuesday, Extra Day Off … Tuesday 14th April
Labour Day … Friday 1st May
Festival of the Flood, aka Pentecost … Monday 1st June
Assumption of the Virgin Mary … Saturday 15th August
Cyprus Independence Day … Thursday 1st October
Greek National Day, aka Ochi Day … Wednesday 28th October
Christmas Day … Friday 25th December
Boxing Day … Saturday 26th December
Let’s do it all again day … Thursday 31st December
Any Excuse to Light a BBQ!
