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Eleni Charou

«We owe it to Kythera»: the post of Eleni Charos after the fire is moving

Kythera Editorial Team -
At a time when the island is still counting its wounds, today's post by Eleni Harou on social media...

Visit to the Churches of the Castle and Vourgo under the Full Moon

Kythera Editorial Team -
Enjoy the atmosphere of a bygone era in Chora, on Monday 19 August, under the full moon, as the churches...

The Brotherhood of Saint Dorea in Kythira

Kythera Eleni Charou -
In addition to the Orthodox religious brotherhoods established in Kythira during the Venetian occupation, in 1622 a...

Two copperplate engravings by European painters depicting Kythira

Kythera Eleni Charou -
At the end of the 18th century and throughout the 19th century, many European travelers, painters, and writers visited...

The Feast of the Transfiguration of John the Evangelist

Kythera Eleni Charou -
Today we celebrate the Transfiguration of John the Evangelist. In Kythira, they celebrate the Theologian in Chora, next to the Bishopric...

Karavas through the popular muse

Insights Editorial Team -
The following mantinades praise the beauties of Karavas of Kythera. Karavas is one of the most beautiful villages of Kythera,...

The accessories of the donkey in Kythera

Insights Editorial Team -
Once the donkey was so useful for the Kythiraean family! For centuries he served our island contributing so much to the economy...

Facts from the history of Kythera

History Editorial Team -
Eleni Harou publishes a note she found in her archive. As she says on her blog, she publishes it with...

Reference to kantrilias

Kythera Eleni Charou -
Now that we are in the first week of Lent, we will say something timely. In the drawer of an old chest of drawers in Kythira, we found...

Eleni Harou on the loss of Markos Dragoumis

Arts & Culture Editorial Team -
The distinguished musicologist and Byzantinologist Markos Dragoumis, nephew of the distinguished musicologist and Byzantinologist Markos Dragoumis, passed away yesterday morning at the age of 89...

T’ St. John in Kythera

Kythera Editorial Team -
Happy Birthday to the Johns and the Johns! From the blog of Eleni Harou we read which are the churches in the...

Saint Basil in Kythera

Kythera Editorial Team -
From the blog of Eleni Harou we read about the feast of St. Basil in Kythera: Today is New Year's Eve, the feast of Saint...