"Spanideia 2025": Two-day events in Mikromani
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SPANIDEIA 2025 - Event Schedule
Saturday, August 30th, 2025
Kalamata Cultural Centre
16.00 Start of the 1st Open Sea Sailing Race
20:00 Presentation of the life and work of Admiral Athanasios Spanidis. Speakers: Panagiotis Raditsas, Admiral (ret.), President of the Hellenic Submarine Association and Kristi Ioannidou, Author – Researcher of Naval History
20:45 Theatrical One-Act Play "Encounters in the Fog of History" by Voula Douka
Sunday, August 31st, 2025
Mikromani
10:00 Memorial Service at the Church of Agia Varvara
10:30 Start of the 1st Cycling Tour of Ancient Messina (from the Metochi of the Monastery of Megisti Lavra in Mikromani)
Ancient Messina
13:00 Award Ceremony for the Winners of the Cycling Tour
Kalamata Port – Monument to the Unknown Sailor
20:00 Award ceremony for the winners of the 1st Spanidean Open Sea Sailing Race
Kalamata Port
20:30 Traditional Dance Festival
Participating: Thessaloi of Messenia Association, Cretans of Messenia Association, and the newly established Association's "Admiral Athanasios Spanides" Dance Group.
9th International Music Days of Kalamata
