Panigiri Agia Marina, Agios Kirykos

"Skala Kallonis, the fishing port on the inner shore of the Gulf of Kalloni on Lesvos, celebrates its world-famous PDO-protected sardines each August with outdoor grilling, communal tables, live music, and a village atmosphere centred entirely on one of Greece's most prized artisan fisheries."

Sardine Festival, Skala Kallonis

"Agiasos hosts one of Lesvos's grandest Assumption panigiria, with hundreds of pilgrims arriving on foot from all over the island to the revered icon of the Panagia Vrefokratoussa, followed by all-night dancing in the cobbled village square."

Panigyri Koimisis Theotokou Agiasos Lesvou (Πανηγύρι Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου Αγιάσος Λέσβου)

"Pyrgi, Chios's unique xysta-decorated village, celebrates the Assumption with a panigiri in its extraordinary geometric-painted church square, combining one of the island's most architecturally distinctive settings with all-night traditional music and dancing."

Panigyri Koimisis Theotokou Pyrgiou Chiou (Πανηγύρι Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου Πυργίου Χίου)

"Held in a remote mountain valley in the Raches area on Dekapentavgoustos, the Langada panigiri is described as the largest single gathering in the entire Aegean, beginning at the Mounde Monastery before spilling into the valley for communal eating and Ikariotikos dancing that lasts through the night."

Panigiri Koimisis tis Theotokou, Langada

"The Dekapentavgoustos panigiri at the north-coast beach village of Gialiskari on Ikaria brings together a stunning setting beside the turquoise sea with all-night music and the island's registered Ikariotikos circle dance."

Panigiri Koimisis tis Theotokou, Gialiskari

"One of several simultaneous Dekapentavgoustos panigiria across Ikaria's mountain villages, the Kouniadoi feast offers the pure unhurried format that made Ikarian village festivals internationally famous as an expression of communal longevity and joy."

Panigiri Koimisis tis Theotokou, Kouniadoi

"At the remote village church of Panagia Lagouvardas in Markopoulo on Kefalonia, harmless small snakes bearing a natural cross-shaped marking on their heads appear each year around the icon of the Virgin in a phenomenon revered by the village since the 16th century, drawing pilgrims for the entire period up to Dekapentavgoustos."

Panigiri Παναγίας Φιδούσας, Markopoulo

"Astypalaia's three-day Dekapentavgoustos celebration is centred on the Monastery of Portaitissa, which crowns the medieval Chora above the Aegean, with processions, traditional island music, and the communal feast of stuffed lamb known as labrino unique to this butterfly-shaped island."

Panigiri Παναγίας Ποιτιτίσσας, Chora

"In the remote Sfakia hamlet of Kalikratis, the cultural club cooks and distributes traditional Cretan food at morning congregation on the Dormition, followed by an all-night Cretan feast in a rarely visited corner of the White Mountains."

Panigyri Koimisis Theotokou - Kalikratis (Πανηγύρι Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου - Καλικράτης)

"At the abandoned-and-partly-revived Sfakian village of Asfendos, the Dormition feast draws returnees and visitors for free boiled meat, rice pilaf, and an open-air Cretan glendi in an eerily beautiful mountain bowl."

Panigyri Koimisis Theotokou - Asfentos (Πανηγύρι Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου - Ασφέντος)

"In the heart of one of Crete's great wine villages, Ano Archanes celebrates Panagia Faneromeni with Byzantine vespers on the eve and a lyra-and-laouto glendi the following night in its iconic vine-shaded square."

Panigyri Panagias Faneromenis - Ano Archanes (Πανηγύρι Παναγίας Φανερωμένης - Άνω Αρχάνες)

"At the Church of Gonia in Kolymbari, the Dormition eve brings a procession of the Virgin's icon through the village with military honours, followed by all-night vigil and a traditional Cretan glendi, one of the most ceremonially complete panigiria on the Chania coast."

Panigyri Koimisis Theotokou - Kolymvari (Πανηγύρι Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου - Κολυμβάρι)