40-day memorial service held for singer Giorgos Mazonakis in Nikaia

On Sunday, October 18, 2026, a 40-day memorial service for the late singer Giorgos Mazonakis was held at the Holy Church of Agia Triada in Nikaia. The ceremony took place at 09:30 following the Divine Liturgy, with a subsequent trisagion prayer performed at his gravesite in the Third Cemetery of Athens. Family members, including his parents Klion and Manolis, and his sisters Vaso and Maria, attended the service to honor the artist who passed away on September 9, 2026, at age 54.

Authorities implemented strict security measures similar to those used during the singer’s funeral, with police presence maintained at both the church and the cemetery to manage large crowds, as thousands of fans were expected to attend. The church was reserved exclusively for the memorial service, requiring other ceremonies to be relocated. Nikaia, where the singer had deep personal roots from his childhood, served as the central location for these final tributes.

Mazonakis died due to cardiac arrest on the same day he visited a clinic on Karneadou Street in Kolonaki for a scheduled plasmapheresis treatment. While the investigation into the medical circumstances persists, the focus remains on the public outpouring of grief and the commemorative proceedings led by his family.