Greece has cancelled all its annual Aporkies (carnival) festivities that were planned for this weekend as two coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Thessaloniki and one in Athens, raising the total to…
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Today the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates Apokries, Meatfare Sunday, which is the last day of meat consumption until Pascha. The Sunday of the Last Judgment or Meatfare Sunday is the third Sunday using the Lenten Triodion, the…
Today is Tsiknopempti (Smoky Thursday) for 2020, otherwise referred to as the week of Kreatini. This is a special day of the year in Greece, where a large amount of meat is traditionally…
‘Apokries,’ Greece’s famous Carnival season has kicked off for 2020! The three-week-long celebrations come before Greek Pascha and culminate on the weekend before ‘Kathara Deftera’ (Clean Monday), the first day of Lent,…
Events for this year’s Carnivale across Greece are coming to a climax today when the carnival season ends with plenty of dance, music and fireworks displays. Apokries is a time to celebrate…
The Museum of Modern Greek Culture is collaborating with the Social Cooperative Enterprise (SCE) Folknet to organise an event that is open to the public this Sunday, to mark the start of…
Events for this year’s Carnivale across Greece are coming to a climax this weekend, when the carnival season ends with plenty of dance, music and fireworks displays. Apokries is a time to…