The “Xanthoudidia 2017” events organized by the Educational Cultural Association of Avdou, includes the 3rd Lakefront Aposelemis Dam Race which will take place on Saturday, 29th of July 2017. The race will begin at 18:00 from the square of the village of Avdou.

The participants will head to Aposelemis Dam and return to Agia Paraskevi where the finish of the race will be. A feast will follow at the school of the village with live traditional Cretan music.

After the request of the International Society of Friends of Nikos Kazantzakis (ISFNK), the Hellenic Department of the International Society of Nikos Kazantzakis, the Nikos Kazantzakis Museum and the Kazantzakis Publications, the year 2017 has been declared by the Greek Ministry of Culture as “Year of Nikos Kazantzakis”. The celebrations for the Year of Nikos Kazantzakis coincide with the 60th anniversary of the death of the great Cretan thinker that happened on 26th of October, 1957 in Freiburg, Germany.

In the year 2017 which is dedicated to Nikos Kazantzakis, the Municipality of Hersonissos participates as a co-organizer in the event of ISFNK which will take place in Krasi, promoting the culture and the spiritual interests of the inhabitants of the Municipality.

On Saturday, 29th of July 2017, at 18:00, in Krasi, a workshop will be held by ISFNK with the subject “Kazantzakis and the Alexiou Family” and the admission to the public will be free.

Giouli Ierapetraki, historian-archaeologist of the Hellenic Department of the International Society of Friends of Nikos Kazantzakis and the writer Nikos Chrysos will be the speakers of the workshop.

The President of Hellenic Republic, Mr Prokopis Pavlopoulos will attend the workshop.

Outdoor Cinema at the square of the village where a children’s movie and a Greek film are going to be projected (Free watch and popcorn). The projection starts at 8:30 pm.

The Cultural Association of Anopolis will host an Outdoor Cinema Night projecting the movie “Roza of Smyrna” on Saturday, July 29th at the square of Anopolis at 9:00 pm as part of the celebration of the 121st anniversary of the massacre of the inhabitants and Hieromonks of the Holy Monastery of Agios Ioannis o Theologos (St. John the Theologian) by the Turks.

The Cultural Association of Anopolis will host an Outdoor Cinema Night projecting the movie “Roza of Smyrna” on Saturday, July 29th at the square of Anopolis at 9:00 pm as part of the celebration of the 121st anniversary of the massacre of the inhabitants and Hieromonks of the Holy Monastery of Agios Ioannis o Theologos (St. John the Theologian) by the Turks.

On 29th of July, at 11 pm, the Youth Night will start at Panagiotakis Garden Theater in Episkopi Pediados. Konstantinos Kapetanakis will be at decks. The entrance is 7€ with a drink.