Holidays

Calendar of Traditional and National Holidays in and around Athens

• October 28 - "OHI" Day commemorates the day the Greek dictator Metaxas said   OHI, or "no," to the Italian ultimatum which asked Greece to allow Italian forces to use Greek soil for military operations or otherwise face war.
• December 25 & 26 - Christmas
• January 1 - The feast of St. Vassilis (Greek Santa Claus), New Year's Day
• January 6 - The Epiphany
• Clean Monday (Ash Monday) - movable feast
• March 25 - Greek Independence Day
• Orthodox Good Friday - movable feast
• Orthodox Easter - movable feast
• Orthodox Easter Monday - movable feast
• May 1 - Labor day and the Feast of the Flowers
• August 15 - Assumption of the Virgin Mary