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A woman inside an improvised hut during the Panagia Charakiani pilgrimage.

Preview · 1–15 AUG · 2027

Pilgrimage of Panagia Charakiani

Panagia Charakiani, Rethymno

For the first fifteen days of August, pilgrims live beside the icon of the Virgin Mary in improvised huts near Panagia Charakiani, creating a temporary community of faith and memory.