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Greeks celebrate Clean Monday with Lent delicacies and a huge Lagana

March 2, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, Lifestyle Comments Off on Greeks celebrate Clean Monday with Lent delicacies and a huge Lagana

A bakery in Patras baked a super Lagana, the unleavened flatbread Greeks traditionally eat on Clean Monday. The proud piece of bread made of flour and water weights 60 kilos and is 4 meters high. Baker Pavlos said that the huge Lagana is a remedy against the …coronavirus. Greeks celebrate …

Traditional Lagana bread with clear message: Macedonia is Greece! (pictures)

February 21, 2018 Lifestyle Comments Off on Traditional Lagana bread with clear message: Macedonia is Greece! (pictures)

Who cares what the enemies of Greece say, claim, want or are up to? We live in a country full of creative and innovative people always with a good idea to defend our rights. A young baker in Giannista in West Macedonia made a 2-meter long Clean Monday bread, Lagana, …

“Kathari Deytera” – Tradition of Lagana, Sea Food and Kites

March 7, 2011 Society Comments Off on “Kathari Deytera” – Tradition of Lagana, Sea Food and Kites

Kathari Deytera or Clean Monday marks the end of Carnival and the beginning of the Greek Christian Orthodox Lent – the 40 days fasting until Eastern. What is the best way to celebrate the beginning of Lent? With plenty of Food! Ha! And Kites! Traditionally the tables are covered with …

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