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Holidays in Cyprus
- 1st January - First Day of January
- 10th March - Green Monday
- 25th March - Greek Independence Day
- 1st April - Cyprus National Day
- 25th April - Good Friday
- 28th April - After Easter
- 29th April - After Easter
- 1st May - Labour Day
- 16th June - Holy Spirit
- 15th August - 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 organistaion 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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