Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. On the Gregorian Calendar, the revolution took place on 7 November, but it was 25 October on the eastern calendar, hence the name “October ...

Orthodox Pentecost is a national holiday in Cyprus and is also observed by the more than 250 million Orthodox believers around the world. Aside from Easter, Pentecost is the highest feast on the ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. This is the largest pagan festival in the entire country. The reason behind the Summer Day celebration is that it represents the end of the ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Until the end of the 17th Century, Serbia was ruled by the Ottoman Empire of Turkey. At the end of that century, the northern part of the ...

Every 1 March is Independence Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The day looks back to the date in 1992 when Bosnia declared its independence from Yugoslavia, when that former nation broke apart. Year ...

Veuillez faire défiler vers le bas de la page pour les dates des années précédentes. Au IVe siècle, Dioclétien ordonna la persécution des chrétiens dans les régions de Monaco et de Corse, les deux ...

Prejdite na spodok stránky za predchádzajúce roky. Dátum náboženského sviatku bol pôvodne tretiu nedeľu v septembri, ale potom to bolo upravené na termín 15. septembra 1913 pápežom Piusom X. V roku ...

Η Ημέρα Ανεξαρτησίας της Κύπρου γιορτάζεται κάθε 1η Οκτωβρίου. Η ημέρα περιλαμβάνει φεστιβάλ και παρελάσεις του σχολείου και του στρατού ...

On 29 June, Vatican City celebrates the Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul as a public holiday. Both the Apostle Peter and the Apostle Paul were martyred in Rome, and today, they are “joint patron ...

Η Επέτειος του Όχι γιορτάζεται στις 28 Οκτωβρίου κάθε χρόνο στην Κύπρο, στην Ελλάδα και από Έλληνες σε όλο τον κόσμο. Είναι η ημέρα που ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. In 2007, Labour Day was shortened from a two-day to a one-day holiday. Before the change was made, people often took a day or two off ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. The word ‘Ochi’ simply means ‘No’. It is the word Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas used in 1940 to Mussolini’s spokesperson when asked ...