The entire Orthodox world celebrated Easter on Sunday and the Greeks of Northern Epirus in…
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Cafes and restaurants have finally reopened in Greece on Monday for sit-in service for the…
Greeks all over the world celebrated Easter on Sunday, and those in Dubai were no…
With Jerusalem under lockdown last year’s Holy Fire ceremony was held in the near-empty church that is worshipped by Christians as the site of Jesus’s crucifixion, burial and resurrection.
Christos Anesti (Χριστός ἀνέστη – Christ is Risen) and Kalo Pascha (Καλό Πάσχα – Happy…
The game of cracking red eggs, or “tsougrisma” as the Greeks call it, symbolises the breaking open of the tomb and Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead. The custom takes place after the resurrection on Easter Saturday at midnight or the following day during Paschal feasts.
Record crowds have gathered to celebrate Easter Church services around the nation, as the country experiences a period of relative normality whilst the pandemic still rampages in many other countries across the globe.
After Holy Friday mass in Australia last night, Tsalikis speaks to the congregation in an emotional address saying, “I am happy because the Greek have not lost their faith in Mary, God and Jesus. When I return to Greece I will tell everyone of another miracle…of what I experienced here today with you. God bless you all. Kali Anastasi.”
“Umbrellas,” the famous sculpture in Thessaloniki by Giorgos Zogolopoulos, was illuminated in red on Thursday…
The Ministry of Culture announced the schedules of archaeological sites over the Orthodox Easter holidays…
Churchgoers have been instructed to wear double masks during Holy Week services in Greece. The…
Churches in Greece will be open to the faithful for Holy Week services next week,…
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.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan thanked the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for his support during a…