Kefalonia Festivals


	The festivals of Kefalonia: The ultimate festivals in Kefalonia, Greece

NAME	DATE	VILLAGE	DESCRIPTION
Feast of Virgin Mary	15 August.	Agia Efimia, Lixouri	The feast of Virgin Mary is one of the most important religious festivals in Greece.
Celebration of Virgin Mary	15 August.	Markopoulo	A famous religious festival involving a strange phenomenon of harmless snakes getting in the church
Celebration of the union of the Ionians Islands	21 May	Argostoli	Festival celebrating the union of the Ionian Islands with the rest of Greece which took place in 1864.
International music festival of Argostoli	End of August.	Argostoli	----
“Eortia” cultural events of Sami	July- August	Sami	Cultural events organised by the Sami Municipality: concerts, theatre performances, dances…
Theatrical Festival	July 15	Argostoli	Presentation of many theatrical performances
Feast of Agios Gerasimos	16 August & 20 Octobre	Argostoli	Celebration and litany in honour of Saint patron of the island, Agios Gerasimos.
Music festival of Lixouri	Septembre.	Lixouri	----
Robola wine festival	18-20 August	Fragata	----
Feast of Panagia Agrilia	23 August	Sami	The festival takes place in the monastery of Panagia Agrilion.

HISTORY

The first presence of human life on the island of Kefalonia is dated back to the Palaeolithic era...

The small and mountainous island of Ithaki (Ithaka) is world known through Homer’s “Odyssey”...

Louis de Bernieres is the author of the novel “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin”...

There are many Kefalonia churches on the island.
The most famous is the Church of Agios Gerasimos...

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The festivals of Kefalonia: The ultimate festivals in Kefalonia, Greece