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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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Famous music composer Mikis Theodorakis made an intervention ahead of the Greek Orthodox Easter and described the tradition of roasting lamb as a ‘national shame.” In a blog post, 93-year-old  Theodorakis said the tradition was “barbaric” and needs to be stopped. “Easter is coming again. The days of the massacre …

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Retail shops in Athens will operate in extended opening hours due to the Easter Holidays. The extended working hours start Thursday, March 29th 2018 and end on Holy Saturday, April 7th. On Palm Sunday, April 1st, retail shops will be open. The general plan is as follows: On weekdays, Monday …

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Greek police has increased security measures in Coptic churches after the deadly blasts in Egypt that cost the lives of 45 people. The three official Coptic churches located in Athens have been under strict surveillance and security patrols. The security plan went into effect already on Holy Monday, a day …

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I find it always deeply touching how Greeks honor their dead before major holidays like Christmas and Easter. On Good Friday, the peak of the Passion Week, Greeks go to the cemeteries with the arms full of flowers to lay on the graves of their beloved ones. After washing the …

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Every year the same tragedy at Easter time: fire crackers burst in the hands of the people, causing them serious injuries, amputate them and kill them. Two young men lost their lives on Good Friday, when threw the firecracker at electricity cables and were hit by high voltage. The two …

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An American woman is being hospitalized at the intensive care unit of Venizelion Hospital in Heraklio, Crete,  while her husband, another US-citizen and a Greek are being treated for burn injuries. The three US-citizens, two Cypriots and two Greeks were injured on Saturday night in Santorini, when a makeshift firecracker …

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Ten women dressed in black arrived in Athens central meat market in Varvakeio on Wednesday morning. The group split and each woman took position in several shops, next to the cash register. When they estimated that a consumer was needy, they simply paid for the food the client had bought. …

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I was asked to upload some pictures of the real Greek Easter. “But what is the real Greek Easter?” I asked. The answer was more than obvious: it had to do with food. The traditional Easter Meals. And the several layers of cholesterol in form of grilled lamb, kokotetsi and …

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