Pilgrimage to a Greek Island Shrine
In modern Greece, the festival dedicated to the �Dormition� of the Panagia (�the All-Holy One�), who is the Virgin Mary, is celebrated on 15 August. On Tinos, in the island group of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea, this fertility- and healing-festival dedicated to the Dormition of the Panagia is part...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Technological University Dublin
2021-07-01
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Series: | International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage |
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Online Access: | https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijrtp/vol9/iss2/3 |