The Chapel of Saint Mamas is located on the island of Hydra high in the Klimaki area, on a plateau west of Mount Eros on the (internal) road to Episkopi. It is an all-white chapel in a deserted location overlooking Myrtos Beach.
It is said that the founder of the church was Th. Rigas and he was in danger of a storm coming to Hydra, but he made a vow to Saint Mamas that if he was saved, he would build him a chapel, which he did.
One of the old "owners" of the church was Kallitsas and after him his heirs. In recent years, the pious family of Elias Mastrogiannis takes care of Saint Mamas.
On the feast day of Saint Mamas, on September 2, at the end of the Divine Liturgy, the priest, along with the faithful, blesses one by one all the beasts of burden that the faithful carry to the area near the church to receive the priest's blessing, then a festive table is set for the pilgrims.
It is said that the founder of the church was Th. Rigas and he was in danger of a storm coming to Hydra, but he made a vow to Saint Mamas that if he was saved, he would build him a chapel, which he did.
One of the old "owners" of the church was Kallitsas and after him his heirs. In recent years, the pious family of Elias Mastrogiannis takes care of Saint Mamas.
On the feast day of Saint Mamas, on September 2, at the end of the Divine Liturgy, the priest, along with the faithful, blesses one by one all the beasts of burden that the faithful carry to the area near the church to receive the priest's blessing, then a festive table is set for the pilgrims.
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