3 feasts and festivals, June–November, across 3 villages. The big one: Panigiri of Panagia Faneromeni, Faneromeni Monastery (22–23 August). Dates are computed for 2027.
Full Salamina guide →What would the trip cost? →| 30 June – 1 July | Feast of Panagia Therapevousa, Agios Nikolaos, Selinia |
| 22–23 August | Panigiri of Panagia Faneromeni, Faneromeni Monastery |
| 10–11 November | Feast of Agios Minas (patron), Salamina Town |
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30 June – 1 July
The seaside parish of Agios Nikolaos in Selinia, on the east coast facing Piraeus, keeps the feast of its icon of Panagia Therapevousa (the Healer) on 30 June-1 July: vespers with artoklasia at 7 pm on the eve, liturgy at 7 am and a procession of the icon along the waterfront. The same church holds a relic of St Nicholas and celebrates again on 5-6 December.
22–23 August
The biggest event on Salamina: the 16th-century monastery of Faneromeni on the north-west coast, opposite Megara, keeps the Apodosis of the Dormition on 23 August with a vigil on the 22nd, a procession of the miraculous icon and tens of thousands of pilgrims, many of whom walk through the night from Paloukia; a fair with stalls and food lines the road to the monastery. Extra buses run from Paloukia and the Perama ferry; go on the eve for the atmosphere.
10–11 November
Agios Minas is the patron of Salamina and his metropolitan church in the town centre keeps 10-11 November with vespers, an episcopal liturgy by the Metropolitan of Megara and Salamina and a procession of the icon through the streets, followed by the town's autumn fair. Twenty minutes from Piraeus by ferry, so an easy half-day.
Dates are resolved for 2027: fixed saint's days as they fall, movable feasts computed from Orthodox Easter (2027: 2 May). Panigiria are usually held on the eve of the saint's day, and a village occasionally shifts one to the nearest weekend — where an entry says "confirm locally", the date comes from recent years' announcements rather than an official calendar. If you know better, the feedback button exists for exactly this.
