Lafkos: A special feast is realized on the 1^st and on the 2^nd of May in Lafkos on Pelion. The local people experience this feast intensely and contribute to it for its best organization, as they believe in the miraculous qualities of Aghios Athanasios. The preparations start a week earlier, with the cleaning and the maintenance of the Monastery with the help of the locals. In the morning of the Eve, on the 1^st May, the women start preparing the food which will be offered to the visitors, which is goat/ kid/ tomato sauce with rice and braised soup. What makes it even more delicious is that it is cooked on a wood fire. At noon, the first visitors appear and at 6:30 the holy picture procession starts from the village towards the Monastery. As soon as the procession arrives, the liturgy starts, the glorification is chanted, and the believers come to the church. After the liturgy ends, the locals and the visitors gather around the three big tables of the Monastery where they eat, drink and dance until the first morning hours. The next morning, there is a liturgy at the church and then the feast is transferred at “Alonia” (fields). The feast ends in the afternoon with the return of the holy picture of Aghios Athanasios at the central church of Lafkos.

Pinakates: On the 2^nd of May, the disposing of the remains of Aghios Athanasios at the so called old monastery is celebrated. A folklore feast is realized at the outdoor space of the monastery.

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The feast of Aghios Athanasios -1&2 May

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