Events Calendar for Hydra Island Greece
Festivals and holidays, theatrical performances, concerts, exhibitions, openings, parties, and other events on Hydra Island Greece.
This great feasting day in the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the “falling asleep,” or death, of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and her bodily resurrection[...]
Oxi Day commemorates the rejection by Greek prime minister Ioannis Metaxas (r. August 4, 1936—January 29, 1941) of the ultimatum, made by Italian[...]
Born in 1770, Constantine the Hydriot, Hydra’s patron saint, was a neo-martyr from the period of the Turkish occupation of[...]
The Athens Polytechnic uprising in 1973 was a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974.[...]
While not quite as prominent as Easter, or Pascha, Christmas is still an important holiday celebrated on Hydra, as witnessed[...]
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New Year’s Day (Πρωτοχρονιά) is also celebrated ecclesiastically as the feast of St. Basil the Great and the Circumcision of Christ. Read[...]
Come join the community in celebrating Epiphany on Hydra in Hydra Harbor. Epiphany on Hydra Epiphany (ἐπιφάνεια, meaning “manifestation”) or[...]
Tsiknopempti, the Greek Orthodox equivalent of the Catholic Fat Thursday, literally means “Thursday of the Smoke of Grilled Meat,” with[...]