{"id":21769,"date":"2012-08-19T13:36:42","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T11:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.ikaria.ch\/?page_id=21769"},"modified":"2024-04-12T17:54:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T15:54:44","slug":"august-15th-tis-panagias-the-feast-of-the-all-holy-mother-of-god","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ursula.ikaria.ch\/en\/august-15th-tis-panagias-the-feast-of-the-all-holy-mother-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"August 15th “Tis Panagias”, the feast of the All Holy Mother of God"},"content":{"rendered":"
August 15th is a milestone in the Greek year. A kind of turning point. It is the feast of Panagia, the All-Holy Mother of God, the most important festival in the Greek Orthodox calendar after Easter. Strictly speaking, it is “Assumption of Mary” (Greek: K\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b7\u03c3\u03b7 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c4\u03bf\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5) and in all churches and chapels dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, solemn masses and liturgical ceremonies followed by exuberant dance festivals\/panigyria<\/a> take place.<\/p>\n<\/div>