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OCTOBER
October - Demetria Festival in Thessaloniki
October - Larissia - Eleftheria Festival
October - third Sunday - Elos - nar Kissamos, Crete Chestnut Feast -
October 1st - St. Romanos the Melodist
October 1st - Gythio - Fisherman's Festival
October 3rd - St. Dionysios the Areopagite
October 6th - St. Thomas the Apostle
October 7th - Name Day for Sergios
October 8th - Lesvos - Kaloni - St. Iganatios at Limonas Monastery
October 8th - Name Day for Pelagia
October 10th - Name Day for Evlambios
October 15th - Name Day for Loukianos
October 18th - St. Luke the Evangelist; Name Day for Luke
October 20th - Name Day for Artemios; Gerassimios
October 21st - Name day for Socrates
October 23rd - St. James, the Brother of the Lord; Name Day for Jacob
October 26th - St. Demetrios the Myrrh-flowing; Name Day for Dimitrios
October 26th - 28th - Thessaloniki - Dimitrios is the patron saint of Thessaloniki, and the city offers three days of events, culminating with the celebration of Ochi Day on the 28th.
October 27th - St Nestor the Martyr; Name Day for Nestor
October 28th - Ochi Day - widely observed date of Metaxa's refusal to let German troops into the country.
October 30th - Name Day for Zinovia, Zenobia
NOVEMBER
November - Drama - Cinema Festival
November - Athens Marathon
November - Thessaloniki International Film Festival
November - First weekend - Voukolies-Kissamos on Crete - Tsikoudia Festival
November - First week - Crete - Rethymnon - Arkadi Monastery - Observation of the holocaust.
November 1st - name Day for Anargiros, Damianos, Kosmas
November 8th - Archangel Michael and Gabriel; Name Day for Michael, Gabriel, Angelos, Stamatios
November 10th - Name Day for Orestis
November 11th - Saint Minas
November 11th - Name Day for Victor
November 13th Saint John Chrysostom; Name Day for Chrissostome
November 14th - St. Philip the Apostle; Name Day for Philip, Phillipos
November 16th - St. Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist
November 17th - Widely observed anniversary of harshly-suppressed student uprising
November 18th - Name Day for Plato
November 21st - Name day for virgin girls named Mary
November 25th - St. Katherine the Great Martyr; Name Day for Catherine
November 26th - Name Day for Stilianos
November 30th - St. Andrew the Apostle; Name Day for Andrew, Andreas
DECEMBER
December - Corfu - St. Spryidon
December 4th - St. Barbara - patron saint of the military.
December 4th - St. John of Damascus
December 5th - St. Savvas the Blessed
December 6th - Saint Nicholas - widely observed
December 9th - Saint Anna day
December 12th - Saint Spyridon
December 13th - Saint Efstratos
December 15th - Saint Eleftherios
December 17th - St. Dionysos of Zakynthos
December 17th - The Prophet Daniel
December 20th - St. Ignatius the God-Bearer
December 22 - St. Anastasia the Healer from Poison
December 23rd - Kozani/Siatista - Klarides - Festival with bonfires commemorating shepherds who proclaimed the birth of Jesus.
December 23rd- Florina- Bonfires and caroling
December 24th - widely observed - caroling in the streets
December 25th - Christmas. Also, name day for Christos.
December 26th - The Most Holy Theotokos
December 27th - St. Stephen the First Martyr
December 31st - Gythio - Exchange of gifts in the public square in the Nativity area. Fireworks, music, food.
December 31st - Chios - Model ships carried while fishermen sing local songs.
December 31st - Throughout Greece - card playing on green covered tables, gift exchanges.
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