Symi Easter and Festivals: Panigyria and the Panormitis Feast
Symi keeps a full Orthodox religious calendar, and its feasts run from Easter in the spring through the summer panigyria to the great feast of the Archangel Michael at Panormitis Monastery in November. Easter stands as the most important date, with candlelit processions of the Epitaphios through Gialos and Chorio on Good Friday and the … Read more