Federal holidays in the United States

The US Embassy in Athens and its consular section, the US Consulate General in Thessaloniki and all US government offices in Greece will be closed on Friday, November 10, in observance of Veterans Day.

Veterans Day, a US federal holiday, honors the country's military veterans.

The US Embassy in Athens and its consular section, the US Consulate General in Thessaloniki, and all US government offices in Greece will be closed on Monday in observance of Labor Day.

Labor Day is a US federal holiday to honor and recognize the American labor movement.

The US Embassy in Athens and its Consular Section, the US Consulate General in Thessaloniki, and all US government offices in Greece will be closed on Monday, September 4, in observance of Labor Day, a US federal holiday.

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is moving to a new calendar with a decision of the Synod, Ukrinform reported, citing BBC Ukraine.

"The Orthodox Church of Ukraine - the most popular religious organization in the country, has approved the complete transition to the new calendar," an official announcement states.

The US Embassy in Athens and its Consular Section, the US Consulate General in Thessaloniki, and all US government offices in Greece will be closed on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King's birthday, a US national holiday.

BELGRADE - Millions of Orthodox Christians around the globe are celebrating Christmas. Christmas is known worldwide as a family holiday of happiness, which marks the birth of Jesus Christ.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic sent Christmas greetings to the clergy and all Christians who celebrate Christmas according to the Gregorian calendar.

“I extend my most cordial greetings to all those who celebrate this greatest Christian holiday according to the Gregorian calendar," his message, posted on the Serbian government's website, reads, and adds:

The US Embassy in Athens, its Consular Section in Thessaloniki and all US government offices in Greece will be closed Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving Day, a US national holiday.

Members of Turkey's far-right Great Unity Party (BBP) have staged a sequel to their 2014 anti-New Year's celebration skit wherein Santa Claus becomes a Muslim after learning there is "no room for barbarism" in Islam. 

Christian churches who use the Gregorian calendar on Friday celebrate Christmas, the holiday marking the birth of Jesus Christ.

In Serbia, minority Catholics and Protestants celebrate today, while the country's majority Orthodox believers will do so on January 7.