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Tag: Greek Easter
Each year, St. Basil’s looks forward to this family event shared with the community, held on Palm Sunday and leading into Holy Week.
Churchgoers have been instructed to wear double masks during Holy Week services in Greece. The…
Across the country, from north to south, and all around the Greek islands, Easter customs and traditions are preserved unchanged through the centuries. Here are some of the most popular Easter destinations in Greece, that honour and welcome the holiday of Easter in special ways, offering unique experiences to visitors.
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.
The Saturday before Palm Sunday is Saturday of Lazarus and on this day it is…
Churches in Greece will be open to the faithful for Holy Week services next week,…
Sydney’s acclaimed Greek restaurant Alpha is hosting a traditional midnight feast to celebrate “Pascha”, Greek…
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…
While a fuller picture for the entire week will emerge on Friday, signs of a…
Extremely tasty, very nutritious and easy to make. Yes, we are talking about Fasolada (Φασολάδα).…
“Dear Ambassador, let’s hope that next year we will be able to be there together,” Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias replied, whose origins are from Corfu.
Koulourakia Paschalina are traditional Greek Easter biscuits, which are usually prepared a few days leading…
The Saturday before Palm Sunday is “Saturday of Lazarus” and on this day it is…
Margaret from Create Cook Share Growing up in Australia, my parents kept the Greek Easter…
The Akathist Hymn is a profound, devotional poem or chant, which sings the praises of…
Today the Greek Orthodox Church remembers the miracle of Saint Theodore the Tyro and Kolyva…
Today is Kathara Deftera, which means ‘Clean Monday’ and it is the first day of…
Kathara Deftera (Clean Monday) is the first day of Great Lent in the Greek Orthodox…