The tourism sector performed extremely well over the Easter holidays throughout Greece and more than…
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Assad visits Emperor Justinian-founded Convent of Our Lady of Sednaya, Hagia Sophia Museum on Easter
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma visited the Convent of Our Lady of…
Not many would think that the Ancient Greek poet Homer made first mention of the…
Greek Easter has been associated with the cracking of eggs, tsoureki and of course spit…
Nasos Papargyropoulos may have left the city, like most people, but he chose neither a…
In Cyprus, three people were seriously injured outside churches by crackers on Holy Saturday night,…
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday was celebrated in the Athens neighbourhood of…
This feast of feasts is the most significant day in the life of the Church. It is a celebration of the defeat of death, as neither death itself nor the power of the grave could hold our Saviour captive.
Lamb, tsoureki and red eggs has become synonymous with Greek Easter. But it may seem…
Mykonos seems to be at the top of the preference for Greeks traveling during the…
The game of cracking red eggs, or “tsougrisma” as the Greeks call it, symbolises the breaking open of the tomb and Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead. The custom takes place after the resurrection on Easter Saturday at midnight or the following day during Paschal feasts.
On Great and Holy Saturday the Orthodox Church commemorates the burial of Christ and His descent into Hades. It is the day between the Crucifixion of our Lord and His glorious Resurrection.
Despina Vandi is experiencing one of the most beautiful and happy periods of her life…
After 40 days of fasting (or maybe even just a few days), there is no…
As the greatest feast of Orthodoxy, Easter is celebrated in a unique way in every corner of Greece, with century-old local traditions being revived every year all across the country.