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Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency bulletin on Thursday afternoon warning of stormy southern winds of 7 to 8 Beaufort. Weather forecast over the Easter days, April 22-26, 2022. According to EMY, the weather is forecast to change in the next few hours, as stormy winds are expected …

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Greeks are puzzled about what to bring on the Easter table and turn the euro coin twice before they proceed with purchases. Tradition requires lamb or little goat preferably whole and nicely grilled over an open fire on a spit. A delicacy is also mouth-watering kokoretsi, dyed eggs, a plethora …

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The shopping hours for retail stores in the country during the Greek Orthodox Easter Week were announced on Monday.  In 2022, Easter in Greece falls on April 24.The scheduled opening hours are the following: – Sunday (April 17) shops open from 11:00 to 20:00 (11 a.m. – 8 p.m.) – …

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Member of Greece’s Epidemiologists’ Committee advising the Health Ministry, assistant epidemiology professor Gikas Majorkinis said on Sunday that the Covid-Pass will most likely be abolished before Easter, which this year is on April 24. Speaking to state broadcaster ERT, he said that the vaccination certificate will be abolished by Easter, …

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As Greece is preparing to lift some restrictions currently in force with the aim to contain the spread of the coronavirus ahead of the Greek orthodox Easter and the opening of the tourism season. The government and health experts has decided to work in this direction, even though the harsh …

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When in Greece… exchange Easter wishes like a Greek! Easter wishes are a bit complicated and depend on whether they are exchanged before of after Jesus Resurrection. In the average Greeks wish Καλό Πάσχα! Kalo Pascha! Happy Easter! from Palm Sunday until Good Wednesday or Good Thursday. From Good Thursday …

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Supermarkets and retail stores in Greece will operate with specific opening hours on Good Friday and Easter Saturday, April 30 and May 1, the Development Ministry said on Thursday. Note that supermarkets and retail stores are closed on Easter Sunday and Monday, May 2-3, 2021. Good Friday April 30 Super …

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Extended opening hours for retail stores ahead of the Easter holiday season will start on Thursday, April 22, while shops will also be permitted to open on Sunday, April 25. For shops in Attica, the Athens Chamber of Commerce has proposed that shop opening hours on Thursday, April 22, Friday, …

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Greece’s health experts will announce this week the measures over the Easter holidays and during church services, government spokesperson Aristotelia Peloni said on Monday. She stressed the the Epidemiologists’ Committee evaluates all the data, including the latest ones, and advises the government accordingly. “We are in a very fragile balance …

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Infectious disease specialists appear to be negative about the opening of shopping malls, despite pressure from the Ministry of Development to further relax the measures in retail. The epidemiologists’ Committee advising the Greek government has met on Friday morning to evaluate the latest data on the curse of the pandemic. …

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Greece’s Education Minister said on Wednesday that discussion about in-person classes in primary schools and the lower grades of secondary school will be on the table after Easter. Speaking to public broadcaster ERT TV, minister Niki Kerameos said that the epidemiologists’ committee advising the government has not made any proposal …

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As the vaccination program proceeds and self-tests keep arriving in the country, the Greek government is considering to allow travel between regional units during the Easter holidays. Government ministers make the one or the other – yet – ‘vague’ statement on the issue, and leak to media the possible preconditions …

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Decision on travel between regional units at Easter will be taken short before the Holy Week, state minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said on Thursday. Speaking to Thema FM, he praised the “new weapons against the pandemic, the vaccinations and the self test.” Regarding the reopening of retail and inter-municipality movement at …

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Priest have been taken to police stations and churchgoers have been fined for violating the movement restrictions, while others, politically motivated, have been detained and ultimately arrested for creating havoc outside churches. Easter 2020 is difficult in Greece. Priests and churchgoers are on the verge of a nervous breakdown as …

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When in Greece… exchange Easter wishes like a Greek! Easter wishes are a bit complicated and depend on whether they are exchanged before of after Jesus Resurrection. In the average Greeks wish Καλό Πάσχα! Kalo Pascha! Happy Easter! from Palm Sunday until Good Wednesday or Good Thursday. From Good Thursday …

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When the city doesn’t go to the village, the village comes to the city. Greeks crowded at the inter-city bus stations in the last couple of days before Easter to receive parcels sent from the villages as the coronavirus restrictions do not allow them to travel there. Despite the government …

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An 8-year-old girl was seriously injured by a stray bullet in a village in Thiva on Easter Sunday. Police investigates to identify the owner of the weapon. Howeverr, 48 hours after the tragic incident neither the gun owner has turned himself to police, nor has the police identified him. Together …

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A 53-year-old cameraman was killed by a flare on Easter Sunday while he was filming the custom of flares war in Kalamata, south Peloponnese. Kostas Theodorakakis was filming the event when a flare hit him on the head. He was immediately transferred to the local hospital when he passed away …

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Every Easter in the Greek island of Chios, two churches in the village of Vrontados go into a full rouketopolemos, rocket war. It is the local alternative to the Greek custom to celebrate Jesus Resurrection with fireworks. Thousands of home-made rockets are being fired against the target which is the …

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Every year, just minutes after Jesus Resurrection on Saturday, the local custom in several villages on the island of Crete is to burn the dummy of Judas Iscariot for having betrayed Jesus in exchange for 30 silver coins. However, this year, in several villages mostly of Western Crete, decided to …

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