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Greece’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister and representative for Greeks Abroad, Kostas Vlasis, has issued a message for…
The Hon Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia has delivered a message to Orthodox Christians…
Today is Holy Wednesday. On the afternoon or evening of Great and Holy Wednesday, the Sacrament…
Churchgoers have been instructed to wear double masks during Holy Week services in Greece. The…
Today is Holy Monday. On this day, we commemorate Joseph the Patriarch, the son of…
As the greatest feast of Orthodoxy, Easter is celebrated in a unique way in every corner of Greece, with century-old local traditions being revived every year all across the country.
On the Saturday before Holy Week, the Orthodox Church commemorates a major feast of the year, the miracle of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ when he raised Lazarus from the dead after he had lain in the grave four days.
Greece will be celebrating a muted Easter (Pascha) for the second time in the midst of the…
A moveable holiday, the celebration of Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon of the spring equinox. All over Greece, a plethora of customs and traditions are observed during the week prior to Easter, the Holy Week.
The Akathist Hymn is a profound, devotional poem or chant, which sings the praises of…
In its proposal to the government for Easter, the Church of Greece is proposing an…
Toys, jewellery, lambades (Easter candles) and other egg-cellent objects designed exclusively for the Museum of…
Restaurants, bars and cafes in Greece will reopen after the Easter holiday, and will initially…
When is Greek Orthodox Easter 2021? Greek City Times answers this question. Thursday 4th March…
Tobias Christopher Hautekiet Confinement is isolating and gives the sense that everything has come to…
In an atmosphere of Paschal joy, on Wednesday 27 May, the last day of the…
Even though Churches were closed and unable to celebrate Easter with priests rejoicing Χριστός Ανέστη…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday sent his Easter wishes to Greek sailors who…