Greek Religious Calendar 2024. Apokries (carnival) apokries, greece’s carnival season, takes place during the three weeks (known individually as. According to greek orthodox tradition, nearly every day of the year is dedicated to some christian saint or martyr.
These dates may be modified as official changes are. The monkmartyr simon of volomsk, in the world simeon, son of the peasant mikhail from the vicinity of volokolamsk, was born in the year 1586.