The
Feast of Agios Dionysios:
Two annual major festivals are held in honour
of Agios Dionysios, Saint Patron of Zakynthos.
The first festival is on the 24th of August and
is held in memory of the transportation of the
Saint’s body from the monastery of Strofadia to
the church of Agios Dionysios, where it still
is today.
The second festival is celebrated on the 17th
of December, date of the death of the saint.
Both festivals are lasting three days and consist
in various religious ceremonies followed by traditional
dances and music accompanied by local food and
wine; those feats attract thousands of people
and pilgrims from all over the island and from
other parts of Greece. |
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Wine
Feast
A wine festival is organised in the capital of Zakynthos.
This wine feast takes place from the last days of
August to the first days of September during which
the excellent wines produced by the island can be
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Feast
of Spiliotissa
Celebrated on the 8th of September in the village
of Orthonies.
The feast of Spiliotissa consists, like every religious
feast in a religious ceremony is followed by traditional
music, dances, food and wine. |
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