By Rita Wilson Once every few years, Greek Easter falls the same week as “American…
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Magiritsa (μαγειρίτσα) is a special soup prepared at Easter and is served on Holy Saturday,…
Easter is such a powerful reminder of God’s power to bring life out of death.…
The Hon Anthony Albanese, Leader of the Australian Labor Party, has delivered a message to Orthodox Christians…
“Umbrellas,” the famous sculpture in Thessaloniki by Giorgos Zogolopoulos, was illuminated in red on Thursday…
On Great and Holy Friday the Orthodox Church commemorates the death of Christ on the…
An eggstra-ordinary feature outside the Panathenaic Stadium, has become the latest attraction in Athens. Many…
Tsoureki (τσουρέκι) is a sweet Greek Easter bread, which has a three-strand braid to represent…
Red eggs (Kokkina Paschalina Avga; Κόκκινα πασχαλινά αβγά) are perhaps the brightest symbol of Greek…
Residents in Greece will still be required to send an SMS to 13033 in order…
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…
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…
Sydney’s acclaimed Greek restaurant Alpha is hosting a traditional midnight feast to celebrate “Pascha”, Greek…
Toys, jewellery, lambades (Easter candles) and other egg-cellent objects designed exclusively for the Museum of…