Revival of the Torch RunTradition in Memory of the Fighters of 1821 in the Municipality of Oichalia
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Torchlight processions are a custom with many symbols and deep roots in Ancient Greece. According to tradition, on the eve of the Annunciation of the Virgin, at the beginning of the Greek Revolution of 1821, the Revolutionary Greeks spread the message of the beginning of the liberation struggle with lit torches in their hands. The burning torch symbolises the light in the darkness, the light of the Resurrection of the Greek Nation against the darkness of slavery.
You are invited to honour the struggles of our ancestors as a reminder of the Genus's exit from the dark period and with the hope that even today, the LIGHT will dominate the darkness.
On the evening of Sunday, 24/3
Meligala 19:00
Diavolitsi 19:00
Donation 19:00