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UID:lasithi-palaikastro-panigiri-of-agia-triada-pentecost-palaikastro-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270620
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270621
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Agia Triada (Pentecost)\, Palaikastro
LOCATION:Palaikastro\, Crete (Lasithi)\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The first big panigiri of the Sitia summer: on Pentecost Sunday evening the Palaikastro association sets tables in the schoolyard with a full menu (about 18 euros in 2025) and top Cretan musicians (Antonis and Nikos Xylouris in 2025). Palaikastro is the base for Vai and Kouremenos beaches\, so it fits a June stay\; book a table through the association.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#palaikastro-panigiri-of-agia-triada-pentecost-palaikastro
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#palaikastro-panigiri-of-agia-triada-pentecost-palaikastro
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UID:lasithi-palaikastro-panigiri-of-agia-triada-pentecost-palaikastro-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280604
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280605
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Agia Triada (Pentecost)\, Palaikastro
LOCATION:Palaikastro\, Crete (Lasithi)\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The first big panigiri of the Sitia summer: on Pentecost Sunday evening the Palaikastro association sets tables in the schoolyard with a full menu (about 18 euros in 2025) and top Cretan musicians (Antonis and Nikos Xylouris in 2025). Palaikastro is the base for Vai and Kouremenos beaches\, so it fits a June stay\; book a table through the association.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#palaikastro-panigiri-of-agia-triada-pentecost-palaikastro
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#palaikastro-panigiri-of-agia-triada-pentecost-palaikastro
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UID:lasithi-mesa-mouliana-panigiri-of-profitis-ilias-mesa-mouliana-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270720
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270721
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Profitis Ilias\, Mesa Mouliana
LOCATION:Mesa Mouliana\, Crete (Lasithi)\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The wine village on the old Sitia–Agios Nikolaos road holds its Profitis Ilias feast on the evening of 20 July with several local lyra players and a token entry (5 euros in 2025) covering food and Mouliana wine. Part of the Kornaria programme of the Municipality of Sitia\; it starts at 9 pm and parking is along the main road.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#mesa-mouliana-panigiri-of-profitis-ilias-mesa-mouliana
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#mesa-mouliana-panigiri-of-profitis-ilias-mesa-mouliana
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UID:lasithi-mesa-mouliana-panigiri-of-profitis-ilias-mesa-mouliana-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280720
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280721
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Profitis Ilias\, Mesa Mouliana
LOCATION:Mesa Mouliana\, Crete (Lasithi)\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The wine village on the old Sitia–Agios Nikolaos road holds its Profitis Ilias feast on the evening of 20 July with several local lyra players and a token entry (5 euros in 2025) covering food and Mouliana wine. Part of the Kornaria programme of the Municipality of Sitia\; it starts at 9 pm and parking is along the main road.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#mesa-mouliana-panigiri-of-profitis-ilias-mesa-mouliana
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#mesa-mouliana-panigiri-of-profitis-ilias-mesa-mouliana
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UID:lasithi-ziros-panigiri-of-agia-paraskevi-ziros-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270727
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Agia Paraskevi\, Ziros
LOCATION:Ziros\, Crete (Lasithi)\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The largest village of the Sitia hinterland celebrates Agia Paraskevi on the evening of 26 July in the Heroes' Park with a full dinner (15 euros in 2025) and a Cretan kompania (the Chariakis brothers in 2025)\; Ziros repeats the formula on 29 August for its second panigiri. Half an hour from Sitia through the plateau\; tables go fast\, so arrive by 9 pm.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#ziros-panigiri-of-agia-paraskevi-ziros
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#ziros-panigiri-of-agia-paraskevi-ziros
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UID:lasithi-ziros-panigiri-of-agia-paraskevi-ziros-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280727
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Agia Paraskevi\, Ziros
LOCATION:Ziros\, Crete (Lasithi)\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The largest village of the Sitia hinterland celebrates Agia Paraskevi on the evening of 26 July in the Heroes' Park with a full dinner (15 euros in 2025) and a Cretan kompania (the Chariakis brothers in 2025)\; Ziros repeats the formula on 29 August for its second panigiri. Half an hour from Sitia through the plateau\; tables go fast\, so arrive by 9 pm.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#ziros-panigiri-of-agia-paraskevi-ziros
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#ziros-panigiri-of-agia-paraskevi-ziros
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UID:lasithi-zakros-panigiri-of-afentis-christos-transfiguration-zakros-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270806
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270807
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Afentis Christos (Transfiguration)\, Zakros
LOCATION:Zakros\, Crete (Lasithi)\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:Upper Zakros\, the village at the top of the Gorge of the Dead\, celebrates the Saviour on the evening of 6 August with several local musicians and a dinner ticket (15 euros\, 10 for children in 2025). Combine a morning at the Minoan palace and Kato Zakros beach with the glenti in the village square\; the road back to Sitia is an hour of bends.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#zakros-panigiri-of-afentis-christos-transfiguration-zakros
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#zakros-panigiri-of-afentis-christos-transfiguration-zakros
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UID:lasithi-zakros-panigiri-of-afentis-christos-transfiguration-zakros-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280806
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280807
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Afentis Christos (Transfiguration)\, Zakros
LOCATION:Zakros\, Crete (Lasithi)\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:Upper Zakros\, the village at the top of the Gorge of the Dead\, celebrates the Saviour on the evening of 6 August with several local musicians and a dinner ticket (15 euros\, 10 for children in 2025). Combine a morning at the Minoan palace and Kato Zakros beach with the glenti in the village square\; the road back to Sitia is an hour of bends.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#zakros-panigiri-of-afentis-christos-transfiguration-zakros
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#zakros-panigiri-of-afentis-christos-transfiguration-zakros
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UID:lasithi-achladia-olive-oil-festival-achladia-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270809
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270810
SUMMARY:Olive Oil Festival\, Achladia
LOCATION:Achladia\, Crete (Lasithi)\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The olive village south of Sitia celebrates its oil on the evening of 9 August with dishes cooked in the new-season Sitia PDO oil and a Cretan kompania (Petros Maroulis in 2025)\, part of the Kornaria programme. Twenty minutes from Sitia\; the Minoan villa of Achladia is next to the village if you come early.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#achladia-olive-oil-festival-achladia
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#achladia-olive-oil-festival-achladia
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UID:lasithi-achladia-olive-oil-festival-achladia-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280809
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280810
SUMMARY:Olive Oil Festival\, Achladia
LOCATION:Achladia\, Crete (Lasithi)\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The olive village south of Sitia celebrates its oil on the evening of 9 August with dishes cooked in the new-season Sitia PDO oil and a Cretan kompania (Petros Maroulis in 2025)\, part of the Kornaria programme. Twenty minutes from Sitia\; the Minoan villa of Achladia is next to the village if you come early.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#achladia-olive-oil-festival-achladia
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#achladia-olive-oil-festival-achladia
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UID:lasithi-armeni-panigiri-of-the-dormition-armeni-sitia-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270816
SUMMARY:Panigiri of the Dormition\, Armeni (Sitia)
LOCATION:Armeni\, Crete (Lasithi)\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:Armeni\, a few kilometres inland from Sitia\, holds the area's best-attended Dormition glenti on the night of 15 August in the schoolyard\, with a full menu (15 euros in 2025) and a name kompania (Giorgos and Nikos Stratakis in 2025)\; Paraspori nearby does its Panagia the night before. Reserve through the village association and expect it to run until 3 am.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#armeni-panigiri-of-the-dormition-armeni-sitia
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#armeni-panigiri-of-the-dormition-armeni-sitia
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UID:lasithi-armeni-panigiri-of-the-dormition-armeni-sitia-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280816
SUMMARY:Panigiri of the Dormition\, Armeni (Sitia)
LOCATION:Armeni\, Crete (Lasithi)\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:Armeni\, a few kilometres inland from Sitia\, holds the area's best-attended Dormition glenti on the night of 15 August in the schoolyard\, with a full menu (15 euros in 2025) and a name kompania (Giorgos and Nikos Stratakis in 2025)\; Paraspori nearby does its Panagia the night before. Reserve through the village association and expect it to run until 3 am.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#armeni-panigiri-of-the-dormition-armeni-sitia
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#armeni-panigiri-of-the-dormition-armeni-sitia
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UID:lasithi-piskokefalo-sultanina-raisin-festival-piskokefalo-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270816
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270817
SUMMARY:Sultanina (raisin) Festival\, Piskokefalo
LOCATION:Piskokefalo\, Crete (Lasithi)\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:Sitia's raisin festival is held in Piskokefalo\, the sultana village 4 km south of town\, at the athletic centre on the evening of 16 August\, with raisin-based sweets and dishes\, local wine and a big Cretan stage (Grigoris Samolis in 2025). It closes the Kornaria panigiri weekend\, so it is the one to pick if you can only do one Sitia glenti\; Piskokefalo also holds a corn festival there on 19 July.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#piskokefalo-sultanina-raisin-festival-piskokefalo
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#piskokefalo-sultanina-raisin-festival-piskokefalo
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:lasithi-piskokefalo-sultanina-raisin-festival-piskokefalo-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280816
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280817
SUMMARY:Sultanina (raisin) Festival\, Piskokefalo
LOCATION:Piskokefalo\, Crete (Lasithi)\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:Sitia's raisin festival is held in Piskokefalo\, the sultana village 4 km south of town\, at the athletic centre on the evening of 16 August\, with raisin-based sweets and dishes\, local wine and a big Cretan stage (Grigoris Samolis in 2025). It closes the Kornaria panigiri weekend\, so it is the one to pick if you can only do one Sitia glenti\; Piskokefalo also holds a corn festival there on 19 July.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#piskokefalo-sultanina-raisin-festival-piskokefalo
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#piskokefalo-sultanina-raisin-festival-piskokefalo
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UID:lasithi-sykia-fig-festival-sykia-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270822
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270823
SUMMARY:Fig Festival\, Sykia
LOCATION:Sykia\, Crete (Lasithi)\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:A young festival (4th edition in 2025) in the hill village of Sykia west of Sitia\, on the evening of 22 August: fresh and dried figs\, fig sweets and raki\, with local lyra players (Fasoulas and Kallergis in 2025) and a 5-euro entry. Small and friendly\; go for the food rather than a big stage.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#sykia-fig-festival-sykia
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#sykia-fig-festival-sykia
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:lasithi-sykia-fig-festival-sykia-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280822
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280823
SUMMARY:Fig Festival\, Sykia
LOCATION:Sykia\, Crete (Lasithi)\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:A young festival (4th edition in 2025) in the hill village of Sykia west of Sitia\, on the evening of 22 August: fresh and dried figs\, fig sweets and raki\, with local lyra players (Fasoulas and Kallergis in 2025) and a 5-euro entry. Small and friendly\; go for the food rather than a big stage.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#sykia-fig-festival-sykia
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#sykia-fig-festival-sykia
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UID:lasithi-agios-nikolaos-feast-of-agios-nikolaos-patron-of-agios-nikol-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271207
SUMMARY:Feast of Agios Nikolaos\, patron of Agios Nikolaos town
LOCATION:Agios Nikolaos\, Crete (Lasithi)\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The town named after the saint keeps 6 December as its patronal feast: vespers on the 5th\, hierarchical liturgy and a procession of the icon through the centre and along the lake on the 6th\, with the municipal band and school parades\, and the town's Christmas lights switched on around the same days. The tiny 8th-century chapel of Agios Nikolaos at the Minos Beach headland\, which gave the town its name\, also holds a liturgy.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#agios-nikolaos-feast-of-agios-nikolaos-patron-of-agios-nikol
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#agios-nikolaos-feast-of-agios-nikolaos-patron-of-agios-nikol
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UID:lasithi-agios-nikolaos-feast-of-agios-nikolaos-patron-of-agios-nikol-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281207
SUMMARY:Feast of Agios Nikolaos\, patron of Agios Nikolaos town
LOCATION:Agios Nikolaos\, Crete (Lasithi)\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The town named after the saint keeps 6 December as its patronal feast: vespers on the 5th\, hierarchical liturgy and a procession of the icon through the centre and along the lake on the 6th\, with the municipal band and school parades\, and the town's Christmas lights switched on around the same days. The tiny 8th-century chapel of Agios Nikolaos at the Minos Beach headland\, which gave the town its name\, also holds a liturgy.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#agios-nikolaos-feast-of-agios-nikolaos-patron-of-agios-nikol
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/lasithi/#agios-nikolaos-feast-of-agios-nikolaos-patron-of-agios-nikol
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