Is Today a Public Holiday in Greece?
No
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This page answers one question: is today a public holiday in Greece? It takes today's date in the Greece timezone (Europe/Athens) and checks it against the official holiday calendars we publish for Greece (2025–2028), every one sourced from government announcements. The status is computed live when the page loads, so the answer is correct whenever you open it — and the date rolls over at local midnight, not ours.
Planning around the next day off? The full Greece 2026 calendar lists all 13 holidays with their exact dates and long-weekend layout, and the Greece country hub links every year we publish. Each year page also offers free ICS, CSV and PDF downloads, so the whole calendar can live in Google, Apple or Outlook — and a subscription picks up any official revision automatically.
Greece holiday calendars
GreeceOfficial sources & data
- Επίσημες Αργίες – Ημιαργίες: παρ. 11 του άρθρου 1 της από 29/12/1980 Πράξης Νομοθετικού Περιεχομένου, κυρωθείσα με το άρθρο πρώτο του ν. 1157/1981 (ΦΕΚ Α΄ 126/12.5.1981) — εθνικές εορτές, κινητές εορτές εκ Πάσχα και ΚυριακαίVisit sourceΑποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Κρήτης — Decentralized Administration of Crete, Ministry of Interior, Hellenic Republic
- Ημέρες Αργίας — άρθρο 60 Ν. 4808/2021 (ημέρες υποχρεωτικής αργίας για όλες τις επιχειρήσεις), άρθρο 14 Ν. 4468/2017 (1η Μαΐου και η μεταφορά της σε άλλη εργάσιμη ημέρα με απόφαση του Υπουργού Εργασίας) και άρθρο 42 Ν. 4554/2018 (26η Δεκεμβρίου) — read live from hli.gov.gr on 22 September 2026Visit sourceΗΕΠ – ΣΕΠΕ / Hellenic Labour Inspectorate, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Hellenic Republic
- Nager.Date Public Holidays API — Greece 2026 (independent cross-check of all thirteen dates, retrieved 22 September 2026)Visit sourceNager.Date (open-source holiday data project) — non-governmental
- Date of Easter — Meeus’s Julian algorithm worked example, giving the Gregorian calendar equivalent of Orthodox Pascha as 12 April 2026 (second independent cross-check of the Paschal date)Visit sourceWikipedia (community encyclopedia) — non-governmental
Frequently asked questions
How does this page decide whether today is a holiday in Greece?
It reads today's date in the Greece timezone (Europe/Athens) and compares it with the official Greece holiday calendars we publish (2025–2028). If today falls inside any holiday window — including between the start and end of a multi-day break — the page says yes. The check runs live on every visit, and the date flips at local midnight.
How many public holidays does Greece have in 2026?
Greece has 13 public holidays in 2026. The matching year calendar lists every one, flagging those that fall on a weekend and any substitute days granted for them.
What are the first and last public holidays of 2026 in Greece?
The 2026 calendar opens with New Year's Day (Protochronia) on Jan 1 and closes with Second Day of Christmas (Synaxi tis Theotokou), ending Dec 26.
Does Greece have public holidays that span multiple days?
Every 2026 public holiday in Greece is a single day — no official multi-day block. When one lands next to a weekend it still makes a longer break, and the year page lists all of them.
Where do the dates come from?
Every date comes from an official Greece government notice or gazette, linked one by one at the bottom of the country year page, and is cross-checked against a second independent source. We update the page when a new arrangement is published.
Can I add Greece's holidays to my calendar?
Yes. The Greece year page offers free ICS, CSV and PDF files that import into Google, Apple or Outlook Calendar, and subscribing to the ICS URL keeps your calendar updated if the government revises a date.
