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 | 1 January | Protochronia | New Year | Ayios Vasilis | St Basil's Day | Family celebrations involve Vasilopita orange and brandy cake as a breakfast treat, baked with a lucky coin inside. | |
6 January | Ta Fota | Epiphany | Harbourside celebrations at the main resorts. It's lucky to retrieve the Bishop's cross after it's tossed into the sea. | |
 | February | Tsiknopempti | Fat / Stinky Thursday | A day for a traditional meat blowout feast prior to Lent. 'Stinky' refers to the aroma from all the barbecues. | |
Feb/Mar | Limassol Carnival | Costume parades and floats, stalls, food, music and dance events, exhibitions, competitions, dramatic performances. | |
 | Feb/Mar | Kathará Deftéra | Green / Clean / Ash Monday | Start of the 50-day Lenten fast giving up meat, eggs and dairy. Outdoor family picnics (salads and seafood) with kites. | |
25 March | Greek Independence Day | Commemorating the start of the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire, from 1821. | |
 | Mar/Apr | Limassol Marathon | With a stunning route along the Molos seafront promenade, this is a great event for participants and spectators. | |
1 April | Cypriot National Day | Marking Archbishop Makarios' 1950s campaign for independence. Also a day for April Fool pranks. | |
Apr/May | Pascha | Orthodox Easter | Good Fri - church flowers, community lunch, evening procession. Easter Sun - all-day meat-centric family dinners for end of Lent. Coloured eggs game. | |
 | 1 May | Anthestiria | Spring Flowers Festival | Flower-decked themed floats honouring the Greek God Dionysus, celebrating the arrival of spring. | |
May | Limassol Boat Show | Boats and boating exhibits and displays, demonstrations and water-based activities, stalls, street entertainers, and more. | |
May | Agros Rose Festival | Celebrating the village as a rose-growing centre - producing rose-based perfume, rose water, brandy, sweets. | |
 | May/Jun | Kataklysmos | Festival of the Flood | Kids with water pistols. Water-based fun at the main harbours. Hilarious greasy pole action at Paphos. | |
June | Sports and Fun Festival, Platres | Opportunities to try cycling, rock climbing, downhill racing and archery. | |
Jun/Jul | Shakespeare Festival,
Kourion, Limassol | The bard's greatest works performed at the spectacular Kourion Roman amphitheatre. | |
 | July | Herb Festival, Platres,
Troodos | Herb walks, tastings, arts and craft market, presentations about herbs. | |
July | Ancient Greek Drama Festival | Open-air performances at Kourion amphitheatre, Paphos Ancient Odeon, and Makarios III amphitheatre, Nicosia. | |
Jul/Aug | Pissouri Grape Festival | Celebrating the grape harvest, the whole village dines together at trestle tables in the square. Visitors welcome. | |
 | August | Perseid Meteor Shower | A dazzling display of fast and bright shooting stars visible with the naked eye in the north-eastern sky. | |
15 August | Assumption of Virgin Mary | National religious holiday in the Greek Orthodox church. | |
Aug/Sep | Limassol Wine Festival | Taste the variety of local wines from large and small wineries. Cypriot food, performances, music, dance. | |
 | Aug/Sep | Pastry and Baked Goods Festival, Galata, Troodos | Specialising in flour milling - due to the number of watermills - this village became the island's pastry and baking centre. Bread and pastries, demonstrations, music and dance. | |
September | Paphos Aphrodite Festival | Professional opera production performed in the beautiful setting of Paphos harbour, in front of the castle. | |
Dates vary | Cyprus Rally | Part of the European Rally Championship. Locations and stages vary. | |
 | Sep/Oct | Anogyra Pastelli Festival | Pastelli is a jelly-like sweet made from locally grown carobs. Syrup-making, music, singing, buffet, cookies and candy. | |
1 Oct | Cyprus Independence Day | The Republic of Cyprus was established in 1960 after achieving independence from Britain. | |
October | Kyperounta Apple Festival, Troodos | Open-air market with seasonal apples, local products, fresh apple juice, pies, vinegar, exhibits, pie competition. | |
 | October | Cyprus Dragon Boat Festival, Akrounta | Head for Germasogeia Dam, Limassol to watch international dragon boat teams competing. | |
28 October | Epeteios tou Ochi | No Day | Greek National Day | Commemorating Greek General Metaxas' "No" to an Italian request for occupation in 1940, bringing Greece into WWII. | |
24 December | Christmas Eve | Cypriot children go carol singing while their mothers bake Christopsomo - a brioche-style Christmas bread. | |
 | 25 December | Christouyenna | Christmas | Christmas is celebrated with plenty of delicious Cypriot food, exchanging family gifts, and age-old traditions. | |
26 December | Limassol Boxing Day Santa Run | A chance to work off Christmas excesses by donning a Santa suit and joining Limassol Running Club's annual 5 km run. | |
31 December | New Year's Eve | St Basil (Santa) delivers his gifts to Cypriot children on New Year's Eve. | |