Panigyri Koimisis Theotokou - Zaros (Πανηγύρι Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου - Ζαρός)

"A three-day harvest celebration in the vine-covered hills of eastern Crete honouring the Sultanina grape and the wines and raisins made from it, with folk music, dancing, and abundant local produce."

Γιορτή Σουλτανίνας Σητείας

"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)

"Litsarda, in the Apokoronas plain below the White Mountains, is one of a cluster of villages that light up together on the night of the Dormition, with a lyra-and-laouto ensemble playing rizitika, the severe mountain songs heard nowhere else in Greece."

Panigiri Panagia Koimesis

"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

"A remote Mani village panigiri for the Dormition of the Virgin, celebrated with an evening procession of the icon followed by all-night music and dancing in the stone-paved square of one of the Mani Peninsula's most traditional inland communities."

Panigiri Koimisis Theotokou

"Among the most celebrated panigiria in the Cyclades, Kanala's two-day Assumption feast on Kythnos includes a solemn icon procession accompanied by the Navy band and a dramatic re-enactment of the icon's miraculous discovery at sea."

Panigyri Panagias Kanalas Kythnou (Πανηγύρι Παναγίας Κανάλας Κύθνου)

"The two-day panigiri at the eagle's-nest Monastery of Panagia Proussiotissa, built into a vertical Evritanian cliff face since the 12th century, is one of the most dramatic pilgrimage festivals on the Greek mainland, drawing worshippers from across Central Greece."

Πανηγύρι Κοιμήσεως της Θεοτόκου Προύσου

"The mountain village of Spartilas on Corfu holds one of the island's most beloved two-day Dekapentavgoustos panigiria, filling its hillside square with the Feakes Orchestra, Corfiot dances, and the unique blend of Venetian-influenced island music that sets Corfiot celebrations apart from the rest of Greece."

Panigiri Κοιμήσεως Θεοτόκου, Spartilas