Festivals & Traditions
New Year's Day
The 1st of January is the feast day of Agios Vassilis. Families spend time together and eat a type of sweet bread called vassilopita. Inside the bread there is a coin. The person who finds this coin is supposed to have good luck for the rest of the year.
The 1st of January is the feast day of Agios Vassilis. Families spend time together and eat a type of sweet bread called vassilopita. Inside the bread there is a coin. The person who finds this coin is supposed to have good luck for the rest of the year.
The Epiphany
The Epiphany falls on the 6th of January. This is the feast day of Agia Theofania, or Fota.
The Epiphany falls on the 6th of January. This is the feast day of Agia Theofania, or Fota.
Apokries (Carnival)