A church celebration followed by a traditional feast in the cute little monastery of “Aghii Pateres” (“Άγιοι Πατέρες”), just minutes away from Diodati Villas. The story of the celebration: The sixth Sunday after Holy Pascha is dedicated by our church to the memory of the 318 Holy Fathers , who took part in the First Ecumenical Council held in Nicaea in Bithynia in 325 AD. The meeting convened at the invitation of Constantine the Great…
During Easter week celebrations (Pascha) the churches get decorated and several masses take place every day (each day symbolises a different phase in Jesus’ last days on earth. They begin with “Good Monday” and conclude on Sunday when the resurection of Christ takes place. People go to the church all week, but mostly at 12 o clock in the night where they gather in large an small, churches or monasteries,…
Greek Independence Day, national holiday celebrated annually in Greece on March 25, commemorating the start of the War of Greek Independence in 1821. It coincides with the Greek Orthodox Church’s celebration of the Annunciation to the Theotokos, when the Archangel Gabriel appeared to Mary and told her that she would bear the son of God. Greece was part of the Ottoman Empire until 1453. The Greek revolt was precipitated on March 25, 1821, when Bishop Germanos…
20 February 2014 – 3 March 2014 “On the last Sunday of Carnival, the town organises a great parade of imaginatively disguised revellers on floats which, accompanied by masked pedestrians also in costume, head down the market street spreading jokes, teasing, fun and conviviality.” (source: http://www.lefkadaslowguide.gr)
