Greek Orthodox religious holidays

It seems like every day there is a religious holiday in Greece!
Because there are so many saints, each one has it's own "name day".

Most Greeks are named after a saint, so on the name day of the particular saint, the person
who is celebrating treats friends and relatives to either sweets, a dinner or drink out, or , as is the usual custom, opens up their home to all who would like to come by and wish "xronia polla!"(years many). The list of name days is too extensive to put in this space, so we will list some of the key holidays in the Greek Orthodox religious calendar:

August 6: The transfiguration of Christ(metamorphosis of the saviour)
Nameday: Sotiris, Sotiria
August 15: The Dormition (Kimissis) of the Theotokos(Virgin Mary)
Nameday: Maria, Panagiota,Despina,Mary,Panagiotis,Mario
September 14th: Exaltation of the Holy Cross:
Nameday: Stavros, Stavroula
December 6: St. Nicholas day(Parga's patron saint)
Nameday: Nicholas, Nichola
December25:Christmas day
Nameday: Christos, Christina
January 1:St. Basils day
Nameday: Basilis, Basiliki
January 6th: The feast of the epiphany
Nameday:Theofanis, Fotios, Fotini
March25: The Annunciation of the Theotokos
Nameday: Evangelos, Evangelia
Easter Sunday(movable feast)
Nameday: Lambros, Lambrini,Pascali,Anastasios, Anastasi, Anesti,Stasini
Feast of the Ascension-40 days after Easter
Pentecost-50 days after Easter
Feast of the Holy Spirit-The day after the Pentecost