Kastellorizo makes sure to preserve its customs and traditions. Hence Easter, the greatest celebration of Christianity is accompanied with a special feast on Holy Week and an impressive feast after the Resurrection, a feast that can last… days.
In Kastellorizo,lots of festivals full of dance, singing and feasting are organized each year mainly on religious grounds, such as:
21st May, Constantine and Helen, the Patron Saint of our Island.
August 15, of the Virgin Mary accompanied by the procession of the religious icon
It is worth mentioning the festival of Prophet Elias on 20th July as it features an interesting customaccroding to which the inhabitants of the island fall into the sea fully clothed. Another important date for the island is the 13th of September, the liberation of the island, that day various festivities are held.