FÊTE DE SAINT THÉODORE À CYTHÈRE

If you are in the area in May, it is a local festival that attracts many visitors to the small monastery south of Potamos. This monastery dates mainly from the 17th century and is dedicated to St Theodore, the patron saint of the island who lived there in the 9th century. A feast day is dedicated to him on 12 May. Attached to the church, the monks' cells are in reddish buildings and there is also an old school dating from the period of the English protectorate.