Heraklion Summer Arts Festival
All summer long: concerts, theatre and dance at open-air stages around the city walls.
Add to calendarPanigiri (village feast)
Feast of the Holy Cross
The feast that traditionally closes the summer and opens the autumn farming season.
When
- Dienstag 14 September 2027
- Donnerstag 14 September 2028
Panigiria start the evening before the feast day: vespers in church, then food, music and dancing until late.
Where
About
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross on 14 September marks the end of summer in the farming calendar. Axos near Anogia and Topolia in the west of Chania celebrate with services and village feasts, and in many places basil is blessed and handed out in church.
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Renaissance Festival, Rethymno
A summer of theatre, music and dance inspired by the Venetian era, mostly inside the Fortezza.
Add to calendarFeast of Agios Titos
Heraklion honours the patron saint of Crete with a procession and a city holiday.
Add to calendarFeast of Agios Fanourios
People bring fanouropita, a spiced cake, to the feast at Valsamonero monastery.
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