*Ø* Blogmanac July 20 | Fiesta at Monastery of Profitis Ilias, Cycladic island of Thera or Santorini
A great annual religious fiesta when all visitors are invited to join the islanders in a meal of a traditional dried pea and onion soup, followed by dancing of the traditional Syrto and Repati folk dances.

In 1628 BC there was a huge volcanic eruption on Santorini that was estimated to have had three times the force of the 1883 Krakatoa explosion. (Krakatoa was heard over 7.5 per cent of the world’s surface.) Some authorities believe the Santorini explosion might have given rise to the Atlantis legend.