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Categories Events: Event Featured
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Paleochora, Crete -The Virgin Mary Annunciation Festival 2026
Known as the «Nymph of the Libyan Sea» and “Land of the Sun”, Paleochora is among the most beautiful resort-towns of Crete. Built between two bays, it is a place of enchantment.
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Thebes, The Agii Theodori Festival
One week after Ash Monday, following the rite of the Vlach Wedding, on the name day of the Aghii Theodoroi (St. Theodore), the bride returns to her father’s house to visit her parents.
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Ysternia, Festival of the Virgin Mary
Church in Ysternia, Tinos, celebrates the Virgin Mary Festival and the women cooking the various appetizers and the egg-lemon soup.
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1st of May Day at Tinos, Sklavohorio
Sklavohorio is a small, colorful village hidden in the slopes of Mt Tsiknias on the north side of the island of Tinos. There lies the church of Agia Triada (the Holy Trinity), along with a communal laundry house built in 1821. The great Greek painter Nikolaos Gizis was born in Sklavohorio, and spent his early years there.…
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Paros, Kostos, Festival of St. Athanasios the Parian
It is a small, picturesque village, with modest white houses, churches and narrow lanes. Among the village’s houses is one that belonged to the great “Teacher of the Greek Nation”, St. Athanasios the Parian (1721-1813), a prominent figure of 18th-century monasticism.
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Tinos, Festival of the Discovery of the Holy icon of Virgin Mary
The celebration commences in the evening with vespers that take place in the church of Evreseos to which the miraculous icon is moved.
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The “Fanarakia” (lanterns) of Tinos
All the locals’ flood on the streets of the town bearing poles from which multicolored lanterns hang singing the chants of the festival.
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Tinos, Volakas, Festival at Panagia Kalaman
On Easter Thursday, there is a great Catholic festival at Panagia Kalaman, and the “maranda” is celebrated with lambs on the spit and wine. Preparations are completed on the night before with the traditional dinner. Early in the morning, the fire is light and everyone contributes to making sure that everything is in order for…
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Arachova, Festival of Saint George
In this church annually on the 23rd of April, the locals organize the three-day panigiraki (festival) in honor of St. George a large, impressive festival with a procession of the icon, customary races, local dances.
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Crete, Festival of Assi Gonia
On the name day of St. George, April 23 or after Easter day, the villagers and shepherds of the region, along with their animals, gather to be blessed at the church of “St George, the Milkman”.