The customs and feasts in Skyros,

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The religious feasts of the summer

If your stay on our island coincides with a religious feast, then do not miss it! It will be an experience that will surely remain unforgettable to you.

On the afternoon of the holiday, the visitors gather in the chapel, that the family to whom it belongs to has already whitewashed and prepared it in every detail for the feast. At the end of the ceremony, during which the priest chants in the courtyard of the church along with the people, there are offered bread, coil, “loukoumia” and watermelon with fig and raki. Then the tables are set up, people take their seats, while beside them is being cooked the traditional recipe of rice with goat or lamb.

After eating and drinking, the Skyrian songs begin and the feast lasts till the morning hours.

Arrange your holidays based on our feasts:

When	Feast	Where
Begging of June	Holy Spirit	Aghia Triada
19-20 July	Prophet Elias	Prophitis Ilias
14-15 August	Dormition of Virgin Mary	Panagia Megklou
16-17 August	Saint Myronas	Aghios Meronas
23 August	Performance of Dormition of Virgin Mary	Kyra Panagia
28-29 August	Saint Jonh	Psarmos
1-2 September	Saint Mamas	Aghios Mamas
7-8 September	Genessis of Virgin Mary	Panagia Lympiani