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The Kytherian Society of California held it’s 6th Global ZOOM on April 9, 2022. Over the course of seven hours and forty minutes, we had 84 participants from all over the USA, Australia, Greece, UK, Canada, Ireland, Fran...

There are earth-shaking days in Kythera where the hearts of all, are suddenly ripped in half. When all eyes are constantly filled with tears and the absoluteness of a split-second, changes everything, forever. The untime...

Sometimes the clouds and stars, silently know more than us mortals. The passing of the enigmatic Panayiotis (Peter) Magonezos seems surreal to all, both on Kythera and in Australia. Born on Kythera, on the 23rd April 195...

Whenever I would go to Kythera, I would head directly and often from the airport, to Potamos town-square and have a rizogalo (rice pudding) or a fresh-warm galatoboureko (semolina pie) at Rouli’s Kafenion, the centre of...

I travel to Greece every year but somehow, I had never managed to find enough time to visit Kythera, my father's island. That is until September of this year when I finally fulfilled my wish! From the moment the little p...

Thursday 7 July 2011 / Agia Pelagia Kythera Greece A James Bond like sea chase was played out on Thursday afternoon as a Freedom Flotilla ship was aggressively ‘escorted’ into the sleepy harbour of Kythera’s northern por...

Seizing the Day More than 120 workers from Kythera’s building sector including architects, civil engineers, master builders, electricians, plumbers, tilers, iron-workers, carpenters, transporters and labourers created a...

It’s a moody Kytherian autumn turned wintery day on the shores of Agia Pelagia. Looking out the pass between Cape Maleas and the island with surf chundering massive white waves, another ship has come and run ashore in Di...

Dear Friends of Kythera, Over the last few days fires have been burning in the east of Kythera. They started up on the mountain next to Agia Moni, and yesterday they reached the village of Mitata, coming very close to th...

The sea-planes hover over the bay of Paliopoli, as the kamikaze pilots dive to re-fill their empty bellies with sea-water and rain on the often unreachable fire-fronts. The mountains surrounding Mitata, have been alight...

Early morning waves of silver, glint off the blue waters of Paliopoli (pre-Christian port of Skandeia) as I and others trek up to, the until now unattainable church of Agios Kosmas at Paliokastro, the original ancient ca...

Thursday 21 July 2010 - Council Offices, Chora Empassioned Kytherian Mayor Theodoros Koukoulis held a press conference on Thursday 21 July 2010 in his Mayoral Office to highlight the on-going indifference by Greece’s Min...

Great news Kythera Summer Edition is finally available on-line http://www.visitkythera.gr/uploads/kythera_summer_edition.pdf. The 2010 Edition is packed with fascinating projects occurring now, Underwater Diving with Joh...

Interview Mayor Koukoulis, 22nd September, 2009 >Kythera-Family.net First of all thank you for finding the time to speak to us again this year - it's always an honour to interview the mayor of Kythera. >Mayor Koukoulis T...

by Maria Whyte Remembering my days in Kythera brings only memories of happiness, laughter and joy. However, such was not always the case. Kytherian life was not in any way expected to be perfect without any disputes with...

Sorry for being off-line for so long, it wasn't really a case of being absent but more of having brain-freeze... it has been a long and endless winter. Frequently Asked Questions about current Kytherian matters + We do h...

52 Weeks In Tsirigo – And So the Circle Continues. Every time a village elder dies a precious volume of the Book of Life closes shut forever. The world they witnessed, their intricate knowledge, their joys and sorrows, t...