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For the past six months, the days have grown shorter and the nights have grown longer in the Northern Hemisphere. But that’s about to reverse itself. Winter solstice 2021, the shortest day and the longest night of the year and the official first day of winter, is on Tuesday, December …

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March 1st is the day where Greek children have to wear a Martis or Martaki, a red and white bracelet on their wrist. The bracelet made of string has one and solid purpose: to protect the children’s cheeks to get burned from the sun in March. Apparently the sun in …

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Holding the white candles of Pascha, millions of Greeks flocked to churches short before midnight Saturday to celebrate Jesus Resurrection. They love to keep the centuries-old tradition even though they are not devoted faithful or even atheists. The majority of people go to church five minutes before midnight and leave …

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Sunday is the peak of Apokries but also the end of  ‘crazy’ Greek carnival. The word Αποκριά literally means “off meat”, without meat and marks the beginning of Lent that starts on Clean Monday, the first day of the Great Easter Lent., where people are supposed to eat only cheese …

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It’s the longest night of the year! The winter solstice that occurs on December 21st. By December 22nd, nights get shorter and days longer and …summer is not far away 🙂 Winter solstice  is an astronomical phenomenon marking the shortest day and the longest night of the year. In the …

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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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