photos: Spyros Staveris

A theatrical act is religiously repeated every mid-August on the island of Tinos, Cyclades, by a diverse crowd with common characteristic the deep, undeniable faith in the miraculous side of life. Where the uncured are healed and expectations are met, hope becomes power that will create the miracle. Virgin Mary as symbol of the last refuge for outcasts romantics looking for light through their darkness, under the blinding sun of the Aegean Sea.