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An elderly woman dressed…

An elderly woman dressed in black lights a candle at a church service held to mark the anniversary of the liberation of Acrocorinth castle in the Peloponnese from Ottoman rule by Theodoros Kolokotronis, the leader of the Greek Revolution of 1821. Acrocorinth is the largest and oldest fortress in the Peloponnese and includes a number of ancient shrines, including a temple to Aphrodite.

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