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National and Public Holidays in Cyprus are as follows.
- 1st January - New Year's Day
- 10th March - Green Monday
- 25th March - Greek Independence Day
- 1st April - Greek Cypriot National Day
- Variable - Good Friday
- Variable - After Easter
- Variable - After Easter
- 1st May - Labour Day
- 16th June - Holy Spirit
- 15th August - Dormition of the Theotokos(Assumption Day)
- 1st October - Cyprus Independence Day
- 28th October - Greek National Day
- 25th December - Christmas Day
- 26th December - After Christmas Day
"Holidays in Cyprus" is a broad topic for the single
reason that it is one of the island's single largest money
earners. Tourism from the main European countries has been
the driving force to many of the face lifts the island has
experienced over the last few years.
From a property boom, to entire towns being developed to
cater for the budget holiday maker such as Ayia Napa which
was formerly a sleepy fishing village that was founded by
refugees from the war in 1975 during the Turkish invasion.
The country itself has many holidays as listed above, and
many are based on religious events and celebrations. Religion
plays such a pivotal role in the country's affairs that the
church is the most powerful organization in Cyprus.
To experience the diversity of the country one only has to
visit their local holiday travel shop to see what one means
when they say "The island of Aphrodite".
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