For a memorable taste of the Ikarian people’s culture and to exhilarate your soul you need to immerse yourself in at least one.
Here’s a list of all of them, where they’re held and which religious feast or other event they commemorate.
The list is not chiselled in stone. Usually it’s announced days prior which feasts are actually going to happen.
Date | Feast | Area |
January 7 | Agios Ioannis Prodromos | Proespera |
January 25 | Agios Grigorios | Glaredo |
January 30 |
Τhree Hierarchs |
Xylosyrtis |
February 10 | Agios Charalambos | Kalamos |
February 23 | Agios Polykarpos | Agios Polykarpos |
March 25 | Annunciation of Virgin Mary/‘Evaggelismos Theotokou’ |
Mavrianou, Koundoumas |
Monday of Easter | Agios Georgios | Amalou, Tsouredo, Negia |
Friday of Easter | Zoodochou Pigis | Agios Polykarpos, Christos (Ag. Kirykos) |
May 1 | May Day | Mavrianou |
May 5 | Agia Irini | Kampos |
May 14 | Agios Isidoros | Agios Isidoros (Raches), |
May 21 | Agios Konstandinos and Eleni | Avlaki |
not fixed | Agiwn Panton | Droutsoulas, Trapalou |
June 12 | Agiou Pnevmatos | Kastanies |
June 24 | Agios Ioannis Prodromos | Christos (Raches) |
June 29 | Agios Petros and Pavlos | Steli |
June 30 | Dodeka Apostoloi | Pezi |
July 1 | Agioi Anargyroi | Karavostamo, Therma |
July 7 | Agia Kyriaki |
Fles in Evdilos |
July 15 | Agios Kirykos | Ekso Plagia |
July 17 |
Anniversary of Ikarian Revolution of 1912 Agia Marina |
Agios Kirykos,Arethousa, Katafygi |
July 20 | Profitis Ilias | Vrakades, Pigi, Miliopo, Kossoikia, Glaredo, Karydies, Profitis Ilias |
July 26 | Agia Paraskevi | Agia Paraskevi (Faros), Petropouli, Karavostamo, Karkinagri |
July 27 | Agios Pandeleimonas | Agios Pandeleimonas (Agios Kirykos), Feidos (Evdilos), Myrsonas (Raches) |
August 3 | Agios Dimitrios (Raches) | |
August 6 | Metamorfosi tou Sotiros | Christos (Raches), Kalamos, Christos (Agios Kirykos), Okse, Frandato, Dafni, Stavlos |
August 8 | Mandria | |
August (not fixed) | Proespera | |
August (not fixed) | Magganitis | |
August 10 | Faros | |
August 12 | Karres (Raches) | |
August 15 | Assumption of Virgin Mary | Kamba (Agios Kirykos), Panagia (Agios Kirykos), Perdiki, Monokambi, Gialiskari, Kouniadoi, Laggada, Akamatra, Kossoikia, Chrysostomo |
August 17 | Karavostamo | |
August (not fixed) | Panikarioi Competitions | Evdilos |
August 24 | Progressive Club of Vrakades | Vrakades |
August 27 | Agios Fanourios | Agios Dimitrios (Raches), Agios Pandeleimon (Agios Kirykos), Maratho, Vrakades, Avlaki (local fish fair) |
August 29 | Agios Ioannis the Faster | Mavrato, Proespera |
September 5 | Prophete Zacharias | Negia |
September 8 | Birthday of Virgin Mary | Kerame (Faros), Plagia, Ploumari |
September 17 | Agia Sofia | Kambos, Monokambi |
September 20 | Agios Efstathios | Arethousa |
October 20 | Agia Matrona | Perdiki, Okse |
October 26 | Agios Dimitrios | Agios Dimitrios (Raches), Katafygi |
November 8 | Taxiarchon | Plomari |