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Sep12

Eressos International Women's Festival

Skala Eressos

Europe's largest annual LGBTQ+ women's gathering, held each September in the birthplace of the poet Sappho. A full week of concerts, films, workshops, beach parties, and community events draws thousands to Skala Eressos from around the world. Running continuously since 2000.

Until Sep 19

Nov8

Feast of Taxiarchis — Mantamados

Mantamados Monastery

One of Greece's most important pilgrimages, centered on the relief icon of Archangel Michael at the Monastery of Mantamados — said by tradition to have been molded from the blood and clay of martyred monks in the 10th century. Pilgrims arrive from across Greece for the vigil, the liturgy, and the traditional offering at the monastery.