Celebrations
The Greeks love to celebrate and it is always some celebration going on with local food, traditional music and dance. Below you find a taste of some of the fiestas…
Epiphany – Fota January 6 |
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The celebration of the light and the day which ends Christmas. It is the day when the priest bless the waters by throwing in a cross in the sea and the boys are jumping in to bring it. It’s a big honour for the boy who takes it. Afterwards, the priest goes from house to house holding a cross and a basil branch that he put into holy water and sprinkle to bless the home. | |
Kapetanios day – the last Sunday before the fast |
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This festival is celebrated the last Sunday before the Easter fast. One boy from the village is chosen to be the Kapetanios and he “selects” the girl who is his love. The celebration starts in the morning and goes on for 24 hours. You get served fishes, wine and they traditional music and dance goes on until the morning. | |
Kathari Deutera – Clean Monday 7 weeks before Easter Sunday |
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It is the first day of the season of Lent (Saracosti) during which families go for a picnic and fly kites. Clean Monday refers to the leaving behind of sinful attitudes and non-fasting foods. This day people eat food from the sea and fasting food to prepare for the fast. | |
Easter |
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The Greek Orthodox Easter is the biggest celebration in Greece. During Holy week everyday have its own ceremonies and on midnight Saturday after the mass the break the fast by eating the soup majiritsa. Early Sunday morning everyone starts to grill a whole goat for the big Easter lunch. Some magical moments you can get if you go to Chora on the Good Friday. After the mass there is a procession around the village and the streets are sprinkled with herbs, flowers and full of candle lights. |
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The icon of Virgin Mary |
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On Easter Sunday the icon of Virgin Mary which has its home in the Monastery of Hozoviotissa starts its travel around the island. It is really several copies that is carried around to every church on Amorgos during a week and then it returns back to the Monastery.
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The festival of Agioi Anargiri on July 1 |
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The celebration takes place in Tholaria in the north part of Amorgos, the name day of the church. The hole village is full of people who eat, play traditional music and dance. | |
The festival of Agia Paraskevi on July 26 in Arkesini |
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On this day the religious feast of Agia Paraskevi is celebrated in Arkesini in the south of Amorgos with food, local music and dancing.
This is the biggest celebration on Amorgos and attracts visitors and believers from all over Greece. |
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Festival of Christ on August 6 |
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The celebration is hold in Chora the main village of Amorgos. | |
Festival of Panagia Panohoriani August 15 |
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In the day time is the ceremony at the church of Panagia and in the evening starts the celebrations all over the village of Langada with live music and food. | |
Festival of Stavros September 14 |
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The festival is hold in the really north end of the island and it’s about 2 hours walk from Langada. But it is worth to go there for the magic and beautiful place and then you get served the traditional Amorgian patatato, goat with potatoes. | |
Festival of Theologos May 8 & September 26 |
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The celebration of the name day for the church of Theologos is hold twice a year and you get served the traditional food. | |
Anniversary of the Monastery Hozoviotissa November 21 |
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The celebration of the anniversary of the Monastery.
Hozoviotissa is the protector of Amorgos and it is a local holiday which attracts visitors and believers from all over Greece. |
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