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This constitutional provision, which applies to all Greek children, was established in Law 309/1976, which also replaced classical Greek (katharevousa) with modern Greek as the official language for teaching at all levels of education, and ceased to be a one-tier non-compulsory six years lower and upper secondary school, middle schools (pupils ...
According to Greek law every Sunday of the year is a public holiday. In addition, there are nine mandatory, official public holidays: New Year's Day, 6 January, Clean Monday, 25 March,Orthodox Good Friday, Orthodox Easter Monday, 1 May, Orthodox Whit Monday, 15 August, 28 October, 25 December and 26 December. [1]
Greater Athens governor Nikos Hardalias calls it an act of sabotage. [1] 12 February: A man opens fire at a shipping company in Glyfada, killing three people, before killing himself. [2] 15 February: The Hellenic Parliament votes 176-76 to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption, making it the first Eastern Orthodox country to do so. [3]
Athens Tech: Closed on Thursday and Friday. Athens-area school systems. Athens Academy: Normal operations on Thursday and closed on Friday. Extracurricular activities have been canceled for both days.
Here's where Athens-area high school football players signed to play in college during the early period in December. National Signing Day: Where 2025 Athens-area high school football players are ...
Here's what happened for every Athens-area high school football team during Week 10 of the 2024 season. ... Our most popular holiday recipe of all time is the star of every table. Lighter Side.
The day is a public holiday in Greece and Cyprus. Usually celebrations include parades and other celebratory events on the same day or its eve. The largest event is the military parade in Athens on 25 March, while on the previous day, celebrations take place throughout the schools of the country.
Peculiar to Athens, this name presents the day as bridging the two moons or months. Elsewhere in Greece this day was usually called the 30th. Athenian festivals were divided between the 80 or so annually recurring celebrations and a set of monthly holy days clustered around the beginning of each month.