If you want to plan your trip to Cyprus to coincide with an interesting event in the country, we have selected a small calendar of events for you. Cypriots love holidays and celebrate them with gusto. First of all they are Christmas, New Year, Epiphany (the feast of the three wise men), Easter. For the Greek Orthodox Church, Easter is the main holiday of the year.
Besides the main ones, Cypriots celebrate about 40 other local or seasonal folk festivals throughout the year. In addition to the main ones, Cypriots celebrate around 40 local or seasonal folk festivals throughout the year. These include the feast of of figs in the village of Zakaki near Limassol, a flower fair in Paphos, a water festival of pagan origin, and a folk dance festival in Limassol. Pagan festival of water, and a folk dance festival in Limassol.
The wine festival in Limassol in September is famous among Cypriots and tourists. wine festival in Limassol in September. It lasts several days and includes tastings of Cypriot wines, concerts, theatrical performances. It lasts several days and includes wine tasting, concerts, theater performances, singing and dancing competitions.
Official holidays in Cyprus are:
January 1 - New Year's Day
January 6 - Adoration of the Magi.
March 25 - Anniversary of the Greek Greek National Liberation Revolution of 1821.
April 1 - The day of the beginning of the national liberation struggle against the British colonizers in 1955.
May 1 is Spring and Labor Day
August 3 - Anniversary of the death of Archbishop Makarios III
October 1 - Independence Day
October 28 - "Ohi" Day, a national Greek holiday
December 25-26 - Christmas
