Tag Archives: Good Friday

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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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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The Holy Week is extremely crucial for the course of the coronavirus in Greece, Head of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias said on Tuesday. He announced that cemeteries throughout the country will be closed on Good Friday, April 17. At the peak of the Divine Drama, Greeks traditionally visit the graves …

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Good Friday is the day of mourning for Orthodox Christians as the Passion Week reaches its peak. Highlight of the day is the Epitaphios procession with the icon of the body of Jesus inside. Typically the icon is a large, embroidered and rich adorned cloth. It is placed inside the …

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My great grand mother used to say that “the sky is cloudy on Good Friday because it is mourning for Jesus.” My great granny was born towards the end of the 19th century. She had never been to school but knew the whole Synopsis, the book of church hymns, by …

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Good Friday, the peak of the Passion Week. the day of absolute mourning for Christianity. The day commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at the Calvary. I it is the most solemn day of Holy Week. The day ends with the candlelit Epitaph procession through the streets, …

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We call it Tahinopita but it has little to do with pie. It is cake. A cake made with tahini, the sesame paste, that substitutes any kind of fat. It is egg-free, it contains no oil or butter or any dairy product. It is nutritious and very popular during the …

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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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Greek Atheists Association is organizing a Meat Supper event on Good Friday, the day when Greek Orthodoxes are supposed to keep a very strict Lent avoiding to consume even oil. “We refrain from mourning and fasting but not from logic, and especially from the representatives’ commands of alleged supernatural beings,” …

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