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Easter The most important religious holiday in Greece is Easter (which most years fall at a different time to non-Orthodox Easter because the date is calculated using a different formula and calendar). On Palm Sunday (the Sunday before Easter), worshippers return from church services with a cross woven of palm and myrtle. If you are in Crete at Easter you should endeavourto attend some of the Easterservices, which include a candle-lit procession through the streets on Good Friday evening and fireworks at midnight on Easter Saturday. Feast of Agios Yiorgos (St George) The feast day of St George, patron saint of Crete and of shepherds, takes place on 23 April or the Tuesday following Easter (whichever comes first). The most elaborate celebration is in Asi Gonia, where thousands of goats and sheep are gathered at the town church for shearing, milking and blessing. Fresh milk accompanies the ensuing feast. Hohliovradia (Snail Night) Vamos celebrates the popular Cretan delicacy with a festival of cooked snails, washed down with wine and tsikoudia (a grape distilled spirit).
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