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Litany

Located in Kali Vrisi

The customary event of “Litania” (meaning litany) takes place on the Thursday of the Bright Week in the village of Kali Vrisi. It is essentially a large procession of pedestrians, which also includes men on horseback. It begins after the mass at the chapel of Prophet Elias and ends at the village boundaries at the chapels of Zoodochos Pigi (Life-Giving Spring), Saints Constantine and Helen, Saint Anthony, Saint Athanasios and the Transfiguration (Metamorphoses) of our Saviour. In the head of the litany stands the priest of the village, who carries the icon of the Resurrection. Two men who chant the hymn “Christ is Risen” strike a great “semantron” (xylon) throughout the journey. In each chapel, a rectangle piece of holy bread from the mass of Maundy Thursday is left, wrapped in a white wax ball. What comes next, is a traditional feast.
Source: www.prosotsani.gr

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This Web Platform has been created within the framework of the Project “Integrated Tourism Approach For the Development of Cultural and Natural Sites in Chepelare, Bg and Prosotsani, Gr” (INTEGRA_TOUR), financed under the INTERREG V-A Cooperation Program "Greece-Bulgaria 2014-2020", Subsidy Contract No B2.6c.01/31.08.2017.The Project is co funded by the European Regional Development Fund and by national funds of the countries participating in the Interreg V-A “Greece - Bulgaria 2014-2020” Cooperation Programme.

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