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Today the church auctions off donated gifts in honour of Athanassios, one of Orthodoxy’s three holy Fathers.
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Mothers sometimes make their children sleep in a church on the night of St Barbara to protect them from illness.
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Families eat Vasilopita (Basil’s cake), into which coins have been baked. Finding a coin brings a year’s good luck.
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This famous martyr is honoured as the protectress of infants, maidens and students.
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An important day for hospitals in Greece, who today honour the patron saint of physicians.
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The greatest celebrations are in Thessaloniki, where this martyr, whose wounds ran with myrrh instead of blood, is patron saint.
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The dragon-slayer is the patron saint of the military, who honour him today.
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The day John baptized Christ in the Jordan river. Various regional traditions involve dunking local men in water.
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Celebrations in honour of the patron saint of sailors are especially festive on islands and in coastal areas.
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Pregnant women stay home from work to ask Stelianos, patron of infants and childbirth, to protect their children.
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