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Categories Events: Event Featured
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Tinos, Karya, Festival of Agios Dimitrios
The village of Karya, built on a verdant sheltered slope, is located next to Xomvourgo overlooking the capital of Tinos, as well as on the slope of Kechrovouni with chapels, dovecotes and topped by a monastery.
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Santorini, Festival Sta. Matrona of Foinikia
The Church of Saint Matrona was built in 1859 by a local ship-owner named Francesco Platis, at an amphitheater-like spot in the settlement of Foinikia, distinguished by its palm trees. The holy church is dedicated to the miracle maker, Saint Matrona the Chiopolitida. The residents of the Aegean islands have a special reverence for her…
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Tinos, Tripotamos, The Presentation of Virgin Mary Festival
Each year on November the 21st, the village church, dedicated to the Presentation of the Virgin Mary, celebrates with a large festival during which all homes open their doors and welcome guests, whether friends or strangers, who are served homemade treats while the village streets and arcades resound with songs and music.
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Eleusis, The Custom of the Holy Virgin of Mesosporitissa
The cooking begins with the local women boiling legumes and wheat at their homes and taking them to the Folklore Museum where they are cooked together in a cauldron of petimezi, pomegranate, and raisins.
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Tinos, Steni, Festival of Saint Nicholas
Steni is a major village built on the foothills of Tsiknia, the highest mountain on Tinos. It is a lively village with the largest population on the island. Its Orthodox and Catholic residents have lived together in harmony from olden times. Saint Antonios (Agios Antonios) is the seat of the Orthodox and Saint Nicholas (Agios…
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Tinos, Hora, Festival of Agia Varvara
The festival of Agia Varvara lasts three days. It commences at noon with a litany, continues with two vespers and two masses, then ends with the festival.
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Paros, Aliki, Festival of the Transfiguration of Jesus
On the eve of the event, the Festival of Fish is held at the beach of Piso Aliki, where the white pebbles and tamarisk trees reach to where the waves break. This celebration is a tribute to the sea and the fish that feed the local families.
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Sifnos, Kamares, Festival of St. Simeon
High above Kamares rises the chapel of St. Simeon, built- in 1667. The view from its courtyard is magical.
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Crete, Nomikiana, Festival of Agia Zoni – August 31
Near Vouvas village, in a cave at the base of a cliff was a chapel of St. George. During the 18th century, a man named Bardomanolis built there a small church of Agia Zoni (Holy Girdle of the Virgin Mary).
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Paros, Festival of St. John of Kaparos
On the eve of the 29th of August, the name day of Aghios Ioannis (St. John the Baptist), service takes place at the monastery of Kaparos, with vespers praising the Saint. The light of the candles creates a unique atmosphere.The entire village of Lefkes gathers there to honor the saint and celebrate.