March 25 is the Greek Independence Day which is celebrated in cities and municipalities with a grand parade of institutions. The dates of the observance of the holy week vary (depending on when it’s set worldwide) but it falls usually in the months of March or April. May 1 is Labor Day and Flower Festival where in most Greeks hold picnics and the skies are filled with kites. August 15 is the Assumption Day, the second widely celebrated among the religious holidays in Greece and on the island of Tinos, thousands of pilgrims go to a certain church there and crawl on their knees up the stairs to the holy icon.

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