The Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Greek National Opera and Eurolife FFH present the 1st Sacred Music Festival, a new large-scale cultural event that will take place at 17 historical landmarks in the centre of Athens, from Holy Monday to Holy Wednesday. The Festival, curated by Giorgos Koumendakis, will feature a marathon of 62 concerts and artistic events, highlighting numerous and unexpected aspects of the relationship between religious worship and music, in museums, archaeological sites, churches, streets and squares.

Inexhaustible fountain / Μuseum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments “Fivos Anoyanakis” – Centre for Ethnomusicology / Starts at 17.00, 18.00 and 19.00

Sacred musics of the Sufi Dervishes of Istanbul / Fethiye Mosque (Roman Agora) / Starts at 17.00, 18.00 and 19.00

Seven sacred songs / Dionysius the Areopagite pedestrian street (church of Hagia Sophia) / Starts at 21.00

Hellenic Army Music / Starting point: Dionysius the Areopagite pedestrian street (church of Hagia Sophia) – Stop: Acropolis entrance – End: Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum / Starts at 21.45