31/05/2026
Agiasos is a large and mountainous village of Lesvos located on the slopes of Mount Olympus at an altitude of 460 meters, 27 km away from Mytilene town. Agiasos retains unchanging elements of traditional architecture and although it is not a seaside settlement, it has great tourist traffic during the summer months and in the autumn.
Agiassos has a rich cultural heritage that the inhabitants have to save and transplant to the next generations, and that is the reason they built their Ark of Culture: the Anagnostirio (reader). It was founded in 1894 and since then has never ceased to be active in theater, music, the promotion of letters, the collection of folklore material and organizing many of the most popular events of Lesvos. Today, dozens of children learn classic and traditional instruments, spearheaded by the santouri whose music dominates all over Agiasos, and they have showed important musical presentations inside and outside national borders.
In the square of the village you will meet the exquisite and famous Church of Panagia Vrefokratoussa or otherwise, the Panagia of Agiasos. According to the most prevalent version, the town owes its name to an inscription of "Agia Sion" bearing the historical image of the Virgin Mary which is a reference icon for the whole of Lesvos. The feast that takes place in Agiasos every August 15th is one of the largest on the island as hundreds of loyalists’ flock from every corner of the island by foot. Just outside the church do not miss to make a stop in the traditional coffeehouses with the big shadow, for the traditional Greek coffee together with traditional handmade sweets of the spoon. Taste the unique Agiasotiki vasilopita (that is made all year round), the only in its kind “touloumotiri”, ( cheese that is made in a goat's belly) and the traditional halva that does not look like anything you may have tasted so far.
source text: allovergreece.com
📸