November 2002

Latest photos taken Out & About in Symi during late October/November 2002
New photos are added regularly, so come back soon and see what's new!

All photos by Nikos Halkitis -'The Symi Visitor'

Latest photos added on Thursday, 21 November 2002

More Photos from the Festival at Panormitis

The Panormitis Festival

On the feast day (November 8) crowds of pilgrims flock to the monastery on the southern point of the island.This is an occasion for family reunions and countless Symiots who work in Rhodes and Athens arrive to visit their families. This year, numbers were expected to exceed 7,000. On the eve of the festival the bishop conducts vespers.On the following day of the feast, Mass is conducted by the bishop and the icon of Panormitis is carried in procession.Clerics and church-goers carry the icon through the large courtyard to the waterfront, through the grove and to the graveyard where the monastery’s abbots are buried.

Ochi Day 
Greeks celebrate "Ochi Day" on 28 October. This is the day on which the prime minister, Metaxas, said "No" (Ochi in Greek) to the invasion by the Italians of Albania, thus effectively entering the Second World War.

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