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UID:skopelos-skopelos-town-feast-of-agios-riginos-skopelos-town-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270224
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270226
SUMMARY:Feast of Agios Riginos\, Skopelos Town
LOCATION:Skopelos Town\, Skopelos\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The patron of Skopelos\, a 4th-century bishop beheaded on the island\, is honoured on 24-25 February: on the eve his relics are carried from the church of Christos in the Chora to the monastery of Agios Riginos 4 km south-west\, with a stop at the old Ai-Riginaki bridge where he is said to have been martyred\, and after the liturgy the faithful hand out local sweets (the Skopelos loukoumi and amygdalota). It is the one day the whole island is on its feet in winter\; ferries from Volos still run but hotels are mostly shut\, so book a room in the Chora in advance.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/skopelos/#skopelos-town-feast-of-agios-riginos-skopelos-town
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/skopelos/#skopelos-town-feast-of-agios-riginos-skopelos-town
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UID:skopelos-skopelos-town-feast-of-agios-riginos-skopelos-town-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280224
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280226
SUMMARY:Feast of Agios Riginos\, Skopelos Town
LOCATION:Skopelos Town\, Skopelos\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The patron of Skopelos\, a 4th-century bishop beheaded on the island\, is honoured on 24-25 February: on the eve his relics are carried from the church of Christos in the Chora to the monastery of Agios Riginos 4 km south-west\, with a stop at the old Ai-Riginaki bridge where he is said to have been martyred\, and after the liturgy the faithful hand out local sweets (the Skopelos loukoumi and amygdalota). It is the one day the whole island is on its feet in winter\; ferries from Volos still run but hotels are mostly shut\, so book a room in the Chora in advance.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/skopelos/#skopelos-town-feast-of-agios-riginos-skopelos-town
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/skopelos/#skopelos-town-feast-of-agios-riginos-skopelos-town
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UID:skopelos-kampos-skopelos-town-vigil-of-agios-ioannis-prodromos-kampos-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270623
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270625
SUMMARY:Vigil of Agios Ioannis Prodromos\, Kampos (Skopelos)
LOCATION:Kampos (Skopelos Town)\, Skopelos\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The small women's monastery of Prodromos a few km from the Chora keeps an all-night vigil on the eve of 24 June and offers food to those who stay\, in the Athonite manner the island's monasteries follow. The same dependency's chapel of Agios Ioannis sto Kampo (not the Mamma Mia rock chapel at Kastri) holds vespers on 28 August and liturgy on the 29th for the Beheading. Quiet\, candle-lit and worth it if you are on the island anyway\; take a car\, there is no bus.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/skopelos/#kampos-skopelos-town-vigil-of-agios-ioannis-prodromos-kampos
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/skopelos/#kampos-skopelos-town-vigil-of-agios-ioannis-prodromos-kampos
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UID:skopelos-kampos-skopelos-town-vigil-of-agios-ioannis-prodromos-kampos-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280623
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280625
SUMMARY:Vigil of Agios Ioannis Prodromos\, Kampos (Skopelos)
LOCATION:Kampos (Skopelos Town)\, Skopelos\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The small women's monastery of Prodromos a few km from the Chora keeps an all-night vigil on the eve of 24 June and offers food to those who stay\, in the Athonite manner the island's monasteries follow. The same dependency's chapel of Agios Ioannis sto Kampo (not the Mamma Mia rock chapel at Kastri) holds vespers on 28 August and liturgy on the 29th for the Beheading. Quiet\, candle-lit and worth it if you are on the island anyway\; take a car\, there is no bus.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/skopelos/#kampos-skopelos-town-vigil-of-agios-ioannis-prodromos-kampos
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/skopelos/#kampos-skopelos-town-vigil-of-agios-ioannis-prodromos-kampos
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UID:skopelos-skopelos-town-panigiri-of-sotiros-transfiguration-skopelos-t-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270805
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270807
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Sotiros (Transfiguration)\, Skopelos Town and Metamorfosi Monastery
LOCATION:Skopelos Town\, Skopelos\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:On 5 August the 16th-century monastery of Metamorfosi tou Sotiros above the Chora holds festive vespers with artoklasia at 8 pm\, often with Athonite monks concelebrating\, and the liturgy at 7.30 next morning. On the evening of the 6th the Dimos Skopelou stages the town's big open-air panigiri on the harbour front / KAPI courtyard with a name nisiotika singer (Nasia Konitopoulou in 2025)\, free to attend. Go up to the monastery for the vespers and come down to the port for the dancing.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/skopelos/#skopelos-town-panigiri-of-sotiros-transfiguration-skopelos-t
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/skopelos/#skopelos-town-panigiri-of-sotiros-transfiguration-skopelos-t
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UID:skopelos-skopelos-town-panigiri-of-sotiros-transfiguration-skopelos-t-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280805
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280807
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Sotiros (Transfiguration)\, Skopelos Town and Metamorfosi Monastery
LOCATION:Skopelos Town\, Skopelos\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:On 5 August the 16th-century monastery of Metamorfosi tou Sotiros above the Chora holds festive vespers with artoklasia at 8 pm\, often with Athonite monks concelebrating\, and the liturgy at 7.30 next morning. On the evening of the 6th the Dimos Skopelou stages the town's big open-air panigiri on the harbour front / KAPI courtyard with a name nisiotika singer (Nasia Konitopoulou in 2025)\, free to attend. Go up to the monastery for the vespers and come down to the port for the dancing.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/skopelos/#skopelos-town-panigiri-of-sotiros-transfiguration-skopelos-t
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/skopelos/#skopelos-town-panigiri-of-sotiros-transfiguration-skopelos-t
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UID:skopelos-glossa-loutraki-panigiri-of-panagia-15-august-glossa-and-lou-2027@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270816
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Panagia (15 August)\, Glossa and Loutraki
LOCATION:Glossa / Loutraki\, Skopelos\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The north of the island celebrates Dekapentavgoustos twice over: the municipality's panigiri on the little harbour of Loutraki (15 August in 2025\, the 16th in 2026\, with a local singer and dancing by the water)\, and since 2025 a revived all-night glenti in the central square of Glossa village above it\, where the music went on until 6 am. Between them there is a shuttle-worthy 3 km of hairpins\, so decide where you will sleep\; rooms in Glossa are few and go early in August.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/skopelos/#glossa-loutraki-panigiri-of-panagia-15-august-glossa-and-lou
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/skopelos/#glossa-loutraki-panigiri-of-panagia-15-august-glossa-and-lou
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UID:skopelos-glossa-loutraki-panigiri-of-panagia-15-august-glossa-and-lou-2028@aegeanblueprint.com
DTSTAMP:20260902T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280816
SUMMARY:Panigiri of Panagia (15 August)\, Glossa and Loutraki
LOCATION:Glossa / Loutraki\, Skopelos\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:The north of the island celebrates Dekapentavgoustos twice over: the municipality's panigiri on the little harbour of Loutraki (15 August in 2025\, the 16th in 2026\, with a local singer and dancing by the water)\, and since 2025 a revived all-night glenti in the central square of Glossa village above it\, where the music went on until 6 am. Between them there is a shuttle-worthy 3 km of hairpins\, so decide where you will sleep\; rooms in Glossa are few and go early in August.\n\nhttps://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/skopelos/#glossa-loutraki-panigiri-of-panagia-15-august-glossa-and-lou
URL:https://aegeanblueprint.com/festivals/skopelos/#glossa-loutraki-panigiri-of-panagia-15-august-glossa-and-lou
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