Year: 2026-2027
Public holidays: 28 October 2026, 25–26 December 2026, 1 January 2027, 6 January 2027, 15 March 2027, 25 March 2027, 30 April 2027, 2–3 May 2027, 21 June 2027, 15 August 2027
Beginning of the school year
11 September 2026 (opening blessing in all schools); first teaching day Monday 14 September 2026.End of the school year
15 June 2027 (nursery and primary schools); secondary schools finish after their exams (the teaching year formally ends 21 June 2027).School year - Autumn / Christmas / New Year / Winter holidays
Autumn holidays: none nationally (28 October 2026 and 17 November 2026 are days off)
Christmas / New Year: 24 December 2026 – 7 January 2027 (classes resume 8 January 2027)
School year - Spring / Easter holiday
26 April – 9 May 2027 (classes resume 10 May 2027). Also off: 15 March 2027 (Clean Monday) and 25 March 2027.School year - summer holidays
From 16 June 2027 (primary schools); secondary schools after their exams, around mid/late June 2027.Regions of the country
School dates are the same nationwide. There is no autumn or half-term break nationally.
Sources: Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports – circular on the operation of gymnasiums and general lyceums for the school year 2026/27 (10 September 2026); Presidential Decree 79/2017 (start and end of the school year); Joint Ministerial Decision 102791/ΓΔ4/10-09-2024 (school holidays); National and Kapodistrian University of Athens – academic calendar rules.
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