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Listed 11 sub titles with search on: Local governments for wider area of: "ELIO - PRONI Municipality KEFALLONIA" .

Local governments (11)

Municipalities' district offices (11)

Local governments (11)

Municipalities' district offices

Agia Irini Community

AGIA IRINI (Village) KEFALLONIA
Tel: +30 26740 72183

Agios Nikolaos Community

AGIOS NIKOLAOS (Village) KEFALLONIA
Tel: +30 26740 81214

Chionata Community

CHIONATA (Village) KEFALLONIA
Tel: +30 26710 81660

MARKOPOULO (Village) KEFALLONIA
Tel: +30 26710 81358
A village built on a rise with a superb panoramic view. Each year around mid-August in Markopoulo the snakes of the Panagia make their appearance. These are small harmless snakes which have the sign of the cross on their heads. On the day of the festival of the Panagia the snakes go into the church and up onto the silver icon of the Virgin. Is it a miracle or a way station for the snakes as they make their way to some place warmer? According to contemporary reports, in 1953, the year of the big earthquakes, the snakes did not make their appearance. It is characteristic that the snakes of the Panagia disappear on 15th August after the liturgy or after the church festival.