Tsoureki is a sweet Greek Easter bread, which has a three-strand braid to represent the Holy…
Tag: Holy Thursday
On Thursday of Holy Week four events are commemorated: the washing of the disciples' feet,…
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.
Tsoureki is a sweet Greek Easter bread, which has a three-strand braid to represent the Holy…
On Thursday of Holy Week four events are commemorated: the washing of the disciples' feet,…
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 Thursday of Holy Week four events are commemorated: the washing of the disciples' feet,…
Red eggs are perhaps the brightest symbol of Greek Easter, representing the blood of Christ…
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.
"Umbrellas," the famous sculpture in Thessaloniki by Giorgos Zogolopoulos, was illuminated in red on Thursday…
Tsoureki (τσουρέκι) is a sweet Greek Easter bread, which has a three-strand braid to represent…
Red eggs (Kokkina Paschalina Avga; Κόκκινα πασχαλινά αβγά) are perhaps the brightest symbol of Greek…
On Holy Thursday, four events are commemorated The washing of the disciples’ feet. The institution…
Red eggs are perhaps the brightest symbol of Greek Easter, representing the blood of Christ…
Tsoureki is a sweet Greek Easter bread, which has a three-strand braid to represent the Holy…
On Thursday of Holy Week four events are commemorated: the washing of the disciples’ feet,…
Greece’s main opposition New Democracy leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis was received by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on…
On Thursday of Holy Week four events are commemorated: the washing of the disciples' feet,…