Amidst the picturesque filming locations of ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3’, one village emerges as a central character in the film’s narrative – Varypatades.
Tag: Holy Friday
The six songs of the Holy Week sequence, “Days of the Epitaph”, is a tribute to Christ by Nikos Gatsos, one of the greatest Greek poets of the 20th century, who feels that Christ’s sacrifice was the ultimate manifestation of God’s love for people. All six songs are interspersed with frequent quotations, sometimes slightly modified, from the Bible and other religious texts, expressing the poet’s conviction that Christ is the only hope for mankind.
On Great and Holy Friday the Orthodox Church commemorates the death of Christ on the Cross. “Today He who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon the Cross.” (From the Fifteenth Antiphon of the Matins of Holy Friday)
On Great and Holy Friday the Orthodox Church commemorates the death of Christ on the…
A moveable holiday, the celebration of Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon of the spring equinox. All over Greece, a plethora of customs and traditions are observed during the week prior to Easter, the Holy Week.
Record crowds have gathered to celebrate Easter Church services around the nation, as the country experiences a period of relative normality whilst the pandemic still rampages in many other countries across the globe.
After Holy Friday mass in Australia last night, Tsalikis speaks to the congregation in an emotional address saying, “I am happy because the Greek have not lost their faith in Mary, God and Jesus. When I return to Greece I will tell everyone of another miracle…of what I experienced here today with you. God bless you all. Kali Anastasi.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxADNEO8yFs
On Great and Holy Friday the Orthodox Church commemorates the death of Christ on the…
A moveable holiday, the celebration of Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon of the spring equinox. All over Greece, a plethora of customs and traditions are observed during the week prior to Easter, the Holy Week.
GCT is live streaming Great and Holy Saturday Anastasi Resurrection Service and Divine Liturgy, bringing the church…
Showing no respect for Christian Holy Days and the death of Jesus Christ, Turkey violated…
GCT is live streaming the Άγιο Φως (Holy Fire) ceremony at the Church of the…
The Epitaphio at the Holy Monastery of Agios (Saint) Panteleimon in Fodele village, Crete, has…
A mother from Patras jumped the gates of the cemetery on Holy Friday, to light…
A little boy, Nicholas from Cyprus, chanting ‘Η ζωή εν τάφω’ on Great and Holy…
GCT is live streaming Great and Holy Friday Lamentation church service, bringing the church into…
GCT is live streaming Great and Holy Friday Vespers- Apokathilosis church service, bringing the church…
Easter is one of the biggest religious celebrations of Christianity commemorating the death and Resurrection…
On Great and Holy Friday the Orthodox Church commemorates the death of Christ on the…
