Saint Tryphon – Thracian Greek Collection

Description: In the first quarter of the 20th century, Greeks from North Thrace (Eastern Rumelia), which is in present-day South Bulgaria, came and settled in many places in Greece. Among these places is Koufalia, a town in the Thessaloniki area in Central Macedonia. In this town, the biggest community is made up of descendants from the town of Kavakli, which is the present-day Topolovgrad, Bulgaria. Paschalis Nendidis describes the custom of Saint Tryphonʼs fest, or “Tryphanus”, as it is called in the Kavakli dialectal variety. The Orthodox Church celebrates Saint Tryphon on 1 February. Since the pruning of the vines take place around that time, people consider Saint Tryphon to be a patron saint of the vineyards. The Kavakli descendants in Koufalia continue this celebration today and do this special custom every year.

Cite as: I Trífanus – Saint Tryphon; performer: Paschalis Nendidis; camera/ interview: Sotirios Rousiakis; transcription: Thede Kahl, Sotirios Rousiakis; translation: Sotirios Rousiakis; editor: Ani Antonova; retrieved from www.oeaw.ac.at/VLACH, ID number: thra1248GRV0035a.

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