Tag Archives: Holy Week

High temperatures are expected in Greece during the Holy Week and will locally reach up to 35 degrees Celcius, the the National Observatory of Athens’ meteo service said on Monday. In many parts of the country the highest temperature, from the Holy Friday, April 30, and afterwards will reach or …

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Head of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias and the general secretary for Trade and Consumers Protection, Panagiotis Stamboulidis announced the restriction measures during the Holy Week and the Greek Orthodox Easter as well the working conditions for shopping and restaurants. The measures include provisions for religious services and shorten night curfew …

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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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Holy Week and closed churches is the biggest challenge for Greece’sGreeks in this coronavirus year. While the religious services are being held behind closed doors, the faithful have to stay at home and find pleasure in listening to the beautiful hymns of Holy Week through the television, radio or internet. …

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A circular of the Holy Synod of the Greek Church set the country for one more time on fire amid the coronavirus pandemic. Churches will be open to the faithful so that they can individually pray during the Holy Week, Greece’s top clergy has instructed the bishops and the priests …

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