2018 is a year that offers opportunities for many getaways, for those who have the opportunity. So plan your leave in conjunction with a three-day stay to have more days at your disposal.
The official holidays for the year 2018 are the following:
- New Year: Monday, January 1 (customary) Three days
- Epiphany: Saturday, January 6 (customary)
- Three Hierarchs: Tuesday, January 30 (educational)
- Net Monday: Monday, February 19 (customary) Three days
- Anniversary of the Revolution of 1821 / Annunciation of the Virgin: Sunday, March 25
- April 1 Sunday National Anniversary
- Good Friday: Friday, April 6 (half day)
- Easter Sunday: Sunday, April 8
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 9 Three days
- May Day: Tuesday, May 1
- Holy Spirit: Monday 28 May (educational)
- Assumption of the Virgin Mary: Wednesday 15 August
- October 1 Monday, Independence Day of Cyprus
- Anniversary of NO: Sunday 28 October
- Polytechnic Uprising: Saturday, November 17 (educational)
- Christmas: Tuesday 25 December
- Second day of Christmas: Wednesday 26 December (customary)
Other holidays are required by law, and others are customary holidays. The only difference between these two holidays is that in the obligatory holidays the employment of the employees is prohibited while in the optional holiday it depends on the judgment (will) of the employer whether the company will operate.
Public services remain closed during both mandatory and customary (optional) holidays.
Another category is the educational holidays which apply only to the educational community, ie to schools, universities, etc.