Holiday Guide for Cyprus in 2024

Cyprus information

Population: 1.21m
Capital: Nicosia
Calling Code: (357)
Time Zone: +2 UTC
Currency: Euro
Language: Greek (modern)

List of National Holidays in Cyprus in 2024

	Monday January 1st Long Weekend! New Year's Day Cyprus: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
	Saturday January 6th Feast of the Theophany Cyprus: Commemorates Christ's baptism by John the Baptist in the river Jordan.
	Monday March 18th Long Weekend! Green Monday Cyprus: Also known as Ash Monday. Clean Monday begins the season of Great Lent in Eastern Orthodox Churches
	Monday March 25th Long Weekend! Greek Independence Day Cyprus: Greece's Independence Day is actually a holiday that has blended over time with an older festival - the feast of the Annunciation
	Monday April 1st Long Weekend! National Day Cyprus: Also known as 'EOKA Day', this holiday commemorates the start of the insurgence against the British in 1955
	Wednesday May 1st Labour Day Cyprus: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Friday May 3rd Long Weekend! Orthodox Good Friday Cyprus: Easter is the principal festival of Greece and the Orthodox Church
	Monday May 6th Long Weekend! Orthodox Easter Monday Cyprus: The Orthodox church uses the Julian calendar for the calculation of Easter, which can often mean that Orthodox Easter falls later than Easter observed elsewhere
	Monday June 24th Long Weekend! Orthodox Pentecost Monday Cyprus: The name Whitsunday is generally attributed to the white garments formerly worn by the candidates for baptism on this feast
	Thursday August 15th Dormition of the Theotokos Cyprus: The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ
	Tuesday October 1st Cypriot Independence Day Cyprus: Cyprus became independent from the British in 1960
	Monday October 28th Long Weekend! Ochi Day Cyprus: Also known as 'World War ΙΙ National Holiday', this holiday celebrates Greece's refusal to yield to the Axis powers in 1940.
	Wednesday December 25th Christmas Day Cyprus: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
	Thursday December 26th Boxing Day Cyprus: The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.