Dekapentavgoustos: August 15 is a landmark of religious and cultural Greek life
By Marina Siskos The feeling is ignited only to the lucky ones that have experienced at least one Dekapentavgousto in Greece. The sense of sacredness is diffuse in every corner of the country, heralding the end of summer, in the characteristic, mild breeze of late August. Awakenings, traditions, pilgrimages to historic monasteries throughout the country, offers to the Virgin Mary and a 15-day period of Lent, commonly honour the Dormition of Mary. Some places have tied their name to the uniqueness or the longevity of their celebration of the Dormition of Mary. Inside the Byzantine church of Panayia Kosmosotira, Ferai, Evros Panayia of Kosmosoteira, Ferai, Evros: Liturgy at the Trinational Point of Evros Constructed on the strategically unique position atop a hill trespassing via Egnatia, close to Evros river, the church of Kosmosoteira, in the traditional Ferai settlement (district of Thrace), is an outstanding monument of the mid-Byzantine period. The monastery has been fou...