Ascension Day (Analipsi)
Forty days after Easter, villages with an Ascension church hold their feast.
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The Monday after Pentecost is a public holiday, with feasts at Holy Spirit churches.
Agiou Pnevmatos, the day after Pentecost, is a public holiday in Greece and many families head to the beach. In Crete, Strovles in Selino celebrates the feast of its church.
Forty days after Easter, villages with an Ascension church hold their feast.
Add to calendarA village celebration of the cherry harvest with sweets, raki and Cretan dancing.
Add to calendarThe first big panigiri of the Sitia summer, on the evening of Pentecost.
Add to calendarNeighbourhoods burn the May flower wreaths in bonfires and people jump over the flames for luck.
Pompia · Semprona · Sitia · Rethymno old town and 1 more
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