Saint Spyridon
12 December 2026 — May the lamp light up Corfu and every home. Blessed feast day!
Saint Spyridon of Trimythous was a bishop in Cyprus in the 3rd–4th century and, according to tradition, took part in the First Council of Nicaea (325). The Orthodox Church honours him on 12 December, and his relics are kept in the Church of Saint Spyridon in Corfu Town. He is the patron saint of the island, and local tradition holds that he helped protect its people in hard times. On the feast day a solemn liturgy is celebrated and many pilgrims come to venerate his relics. The four annual processions (litanies) with the relics through the town take place on other days: Palm Sunday, Holy Saturday, 11 August and the first Sunday of November. They are traditionally accompanied by the brass bands of the local philharmonic societies. Many Corfiots bear the name Spyridon or Spiros. The feast falls in the darkest part of the year, shortly before the winter solstice, when lamps and candles feel especially meaningful. The Church of Greece follows the Revised Julian calendar, which currently coincides with the civil Gregorian calendar, so the feast falls on 12 December every year.
Flying across the sky: An ethereal, bluish-silver oil lamp (kandili) drawn from pale glowing dots and fine lines like a constellation, drifting slowly across the night sky with a soft halo of light
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