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Friendship Calendar. January. 1. 6. 31. February. 14. 2 0. 23. March. 3. 25. April. 1. 13. 20. May. 1. 15. July. August. 15. September. 15. October. 28. November. December. Click here to go back to January. 25. 1 st of January.
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January 1 6 31
February 14 20 23
March 3 25
April 1 13 20
May 1
August 15
September 15
October 28
December Click here to go back to January 25
1st of January • We celebrate the New Year with our family. • We eat Vasilopita. Back to Calendar
6th of January • We celebrate the Theofania (Divine Appearance) or Fota (Lights) • We celebrate the Baptism of Christ. • The children sing the Theofania’s carrols. Back to Calendar
31st of January • We celebrate the 3 Saints of the students and of the literature. • The children don’t go to school. Back to Calendar
14th of February • We celebrate the Valentine’s Day. • It’s the lovers day. • The couples give presents, flowers or chocolate to each other. Back to Calendar
20th of February • We celebrate Tsiknopempti (Meat-Thursday) • We eat a lot of meat. Back to Calendar
23rd of February • We celebrate Apokries. • We dress up with different costumes like: spiderman, sumo and ninja etc. Back to Calendar
3rd of March • We celebrate Kathara Deutera (Ash Monday). • We don’t go to school. • We fly kites. • We fast. Back to Calendar
25th of March • We celebrate the Greek War of Independence (Greek Revolution) • We don’t have school but we do a parade on the streets. • We honour the day of our Revolution against the Turkish possession. Back to Calendar
1st of April • We make jokes to our friends. • We have fun with our jokes. Back to Calendar
13th of April • Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. • We don’t go to school. We go to the church with our family. Back to Calendar
20th of April • We roast on a long and big skewer a lamb. • We cling red-painted eggs • We spend time with our family. • In the morning we go to the church. Back to Calendar
1st of May • We make rimsof flowers. • Nobody works on this day because many years ago the people went out on the streets and complained for bad working conditions. • A lot of people were injured but they won their fight. Back to Calendar
15th of June • The are happy because on this day the summer holidays begin. Back to Calendar
15th of August • We honour the sleep of the mother of Christ (Mary). • In the morning we go to the church. • In the night we go to street fest with dances, food and wine. Back to Calendar
15th of September • It’s the end of the summer holidays. • The children go back to school for the new school year. Back to Calendar
28th of October • We celebrate the day we said no to the Germans. Back to Calendar
25th of December • We celebrate Christmas. • We eat turkey, we drink wine and we open our Christmas presents. Back to Calendar