You feel like some spiritual atmosphere, uplifting music and some interesting Greek traditions? Then you should definitely not miss the big celebration in honour of the Dormition of the virgin Mary at 15th of August, because this is one of the most important religious holidays in Greece!
If you decided to visit Chios not only for it’s beauty but to have a first hand experience of the interesting Greek culture, you definitely should not miss the orthodox Pentecost festivities at the end of may and beginning of June! In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Pentecost is one of the Orthodox Great Feasts and is celebrated with an All-night Vigil on the eve of the feast day. On Pentecost Sunday, Pentikostis, the distribution of the Holy Spirit is celebrated. Each year it is celebrated 50 days after the Orthodox Easter, which will be the 1st of June 2015 […]
It is difficult to tell how and when the “Rocket War”-tradition started in Vrontados. Today there are many different versions of the story. We will tell you two of them. The first version says that it has its origins in the 19th century, when the Ottoman occupiers confiscated the cannons of the locals because they feared that they would be used in a rebellion. So the residents of Vrontados had the idea of using rockets instead. This became the traditional annual Rocket War. The second story states that this tradition was born during the turkish occupation. People from the island […]