Triple Celebration in the Municipality of Viannos!

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The Municipality of Viannos invites you once again to the unique plateau of Omalos in Viannos, on Monday, 9 June 2025, to join in celebrating the Feast of the Holy Spirit, Nature Day, and to honour the Fighters of the Battle of Crete and the National Resistance during the German occupation.

CELEBRATION PROGRAMME
09:30 Divine Liturgy officiated by His Eminence Metropolitan Andreas of Arkalochori, Kastelli and Viannos
10:45 Memorial service at the monument in honour of the fighters of the Battle of Crete and the National Resistance 1941–1944
11:00 Address by the Mayor of Viannos, Mr. Pavlos Baritakis
11:10 Speech by Mr. Aristomenis Syggelakis, President of the Union of Holocaust Victims of the Municipality of Viannos, on the Resistance in Viannos
11:20 Wreath-laying ceremony
11:30 One minute of silence in memory of the fallen
11:35 National anthem
End of Ceremony