ORTHODOX EASTER
Religious festival
Greece's biggest religious festival. Liturgies from Friday to Monday, family meals, fireworks, ...Read more
FEAST OF THE DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
Religious festival
Dormition is celebrated all over the country with particular zest in churches and monasteries ...Read more
DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
Corfou Chora
Religious festival
A Christian holiday that corresponds to Assumption Day for Catholics. It's also the peak of the ...Read more
FÊTE DE PANAGHIA KALAMIOTISSA
Religious festival
In Anafi, on September 8, the festival of Panaghia Kalamiotissa is celebrated with meat with ...Read more
PANIGYRIA DE JUILLET
Religious festival
The North Aegean islands celebrate a series of local patron saints with traditional banquets, ...Read more
FÊTES DE FIN D'ANNÉE
Religious festival
On St. Basil's Day, January1, the "Orthodox Santa Claus", Agios Vassilis, offers gifts and ...Read more
PANIGYRIA D'AOÛT
Religious festival
It is the peak of the festivities in the islands: the most famous for its summer panigyria is ...Read more
MESSE À LA CAVE DE SAINT-JEAN
Religious festival
In Iraklia, the faithful go to Panaghia in procession to the cellar of Saint John where an ...Read more
ORTHODOX EPIPHANY
Patras
Religious festival
Strange tradition: diving into cold waters to retrieve a wooden cross thrown by a priest. All ...Read more
PRÉSENTATION DE LA VIERGE À AMORGOS
Amorgos Chora
Religious festival
A great celebration was held in Amorgos, at the monastery of Hozoviotissa, on November 21, for ...Read more