Public holidays · 2026
Easter Tuesday falls on Tuesday, 14 April 2026 in Cyprus in 2026.
A bank holiday: banks and financial markets close; many other workplaces stay open.
In 2026 it falls on a Tuesday, a working day.
The date changes from year to year.
Saturday and Sunday · A public holiday does not always close every business. Essential services, shops and some industries keep working, and pay rules differ by country and contract.
Easter Tuesday is the third day of the Easter festival. It is much less common as a holiday than Easter Monday and appears in only a few places on this site, namely Vatican City, where it follows the Western Easter date, and Cyprus, where it follows the Orthodox date and extends the Easter holidays by one more day. In the Catholic calendar the week continues to Divine Mercy Sunday, the second Sunday of Easter, and in the Orthodox calendar the week is followed by Thomas Sunday, so Tuesday is part of the extended celebration. The two places keep it for different reasons.
In the Catholic Church the whole week after Easter is the Octave of Easter, during which each day is celebrated with the rank of a solemnity and has its own Gospel reading about the appearances of the risen Jesus. In the Orthodox Church the week is called Bright Week, a period of festive services in which, among other things, the central doors of the iconostasis stay open and the fasting rules are suspended. On the Tuesday of the Octave, the liturgical readings recall the appearance of the risen Jesus to Mary Magdalene at the tomb.
Everywhere in Cyprus.
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A bank holiday: banks and financial markets close; many other workplaces stay open.
Tuesday, 14 April 2026.