Festivals

Annual Festivals in Crete  

25th March	Independence Day
Cretan Easter (Easter Sunday is 24 April in  2011)	Orthodox Good Friday and Easter; candle-lit prosession and midnight service
1st May	May Day Spring Festival
20-24th May	70th Anniversary of the Battle of Crete
24th June	Nativity of St. John the Baptist
15th August	Assumption Day: major religious festivals and Bank holiday  in Crete, including  Meskla (15 km from Aptera)
29th August	Festival of St John the Baptist, Stilos (5km from Megala Chorafia)
13-14th September	Festival of St Stavros, Aptera
7th October	Festival of St John of Gouverneto, Monastery of Gouverneto(17 km from Aptera)