CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND ATHLETIC EVENTS IN OLYMPUS AREA

LARISSA PREFECTURE

MUNICIPALITY OF OLYMPUS

• Moto cross races Kalyvia racetrack
• Hang Gliding, paragliding and gliding on Tourtofolia slope, Kalyvia.
• Winter sports at Sparmos Ski Centre.
• Feast of the Holy Spirit in Agia Triada Monastery in Sparmos.
• Feast of Saint George in Kalyvia and Kokkinopilos.
• Feast of the Virgin Mary on August 15 in Kalyvia and Pythio.
• Traditional gathering in Kokkinopilos 24-26 July.
• Traditional gathering in Kallithea 28 August.
• Traditional gathering in Kokknogi 28 August.

COMMUNITY OF KARYA

• Tsoukania (bells), Karya, last night of February.
• Carnival, Karya, on the Sunday night of the carnival fires are lit in the various neighbourhoods of the village.
• Clean Monday, Karya Square, sharing of Lagana lenten bread bean soup and Gypsy Wedding.
• Festival of Cultural Events, in the Community of Karya, August.
• August 15 reception of the icon of the Virgin Mary from Elassona Monastery.
• Feast for the birth of the Virgin Mary in Kanalon Monastery, September 8.
• Feast of the Holy Spirit in Sykaminea.
• Feast in Kryovrysi on August 15.
• Feast in Karya on August 22-24.