Jumping Fire In Mykonos
If you were visiting the famous windmills of Mykonos on June 23, you might have been surprised to see people jumping over fire. The fire was created using the traditional […]
Category Archives: Holiday Traditions
Mykonos Celebrates Spring’s Arrival With Several Ancient Traditions
The people of Mykonos still value their traditions and religious festivals. As winter ends and spring is in the air, it is time to celebrate, remember and be thankful for […]
Good Month!
If you spend enough time in Greece, you will inevitably hear the phrase ¨Καλό Μήνα” (kalo mina) which means “good month”. It is expressed on the first day of the […]
Traditional Wheat Harvest Mykonos
Good Month Happy May Day
This May Day 2020 prohibits us from gathering with friends to celebrate in Greece, but the beauty surrounding us lifts our hearts with hope for good health and happiness everywhere. […]
Mykonos – Her Faith
Mykonos has over 600 churches and chapels. Mykonian life is deeply rooted in it’s religion.
Mykonos Children Proudly March in Greek Independence Day Parade.
March 25 is a national holiday in Greece celebrating Independence Day. It is the day commemorating the beginning revolt and war against the occupying Ottoman Empire in 1821. Greeks had […]
Pirate Treasure, Carnival King and Kites
A fun weekend for children in Mykonos Colorful Pirated socks were hidden in pirate chests all over Mykonos town on the Saturday before Lent. Teams of children wearing pirate […]
Young Men With Faith Dive To Retrieve The Holy Epiphany Cross In Mykonos
Faith is the center point of the Greeks. For many young men, Epiphany is part of growing up Greek. On January 6th, the Church bells rang out, the priest emerged […]
Celebrating Harvest With Grape Stomp In Mykonos
For many people Mykonos brings to mind dancing at beach clubs not dancing on grapes. I am here to inform you that yes, it happens here every year when grapes […]
Dance Plays An Important Role in the Life of Greeks. Mykonos Shows Us It’s Greek Spirit!
Greece is one place in the world where folk dance is very much alive and danced as it was in ancient times. Every dance has a story to tell with […]
Mykonos Greek Independance Day Parade March 25
March 25 is both a national, (Independence) and religious, (Annunciation) holiday. Greeks have celebrated for 197 years their independence from the Ottoman Empire. This day is also one of the […]
Epiphany Celebration In Mykonos
It was a beautiful sunny day in Mykonos for the Orthodox Christian Epiphany known as the Celebration of the Lights or Great Sanctification of Water which is held every January […]
New Year’s Good Luck…Greek Style!
Greeks don’t kid around when it comes to trying to have good luck for the New Year. They have 5 “good luck” traditions! 1. Hide a coin inside a vasilopita […]
The New Year Baby
The New Year Baby Every wonder where the idea of using a baby at New Year came from? Yep, the Greeks! The baby as a symbol of the New Year began […]
“Carnival” Invented By The Greeks
Who started the Carnival? The Venetians? Brazilians? Guess again. Many attribute carnival origins to the ancient cult worship of the Greek god of wine celebration and ecstasy, Dionysus. Ancient Greeks enjoyed processions, […]
Christmas In Greece
As I unpack my beloved Christmas ornaments and decorations for the last time in New York, I ponder how our future Christmas celebrations in Mykonos will be. I’m carefully choosing […]
Mykonos Dreams 