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Tyrini, Cheesfare Week

Cheese lovers rejoice! Today marks the beginning of 'Tyrini' the week when Greeks worldwide enjoy loads of dairy, cheese and…

20 February 2023

Easter Sunday: Great and Holy Pascha

This feast of feasts is the most significant day in the life of the Church. It is a celebration of…

24 April 2022

Magical Anastasi in Athens

Good Friday and the night of Holy Saturday are one of the most important and beautiful moments of Greek Orthodox…

24 April 2022

Great and Holy Saturday

On Great and Holy Saturday the Orthodox Church commemorates the burial of Christ and His descent into Hades. It is…

23 April 2022

Rita Wilson explains “Why Easter is Greek to Me”

Once every few years, Greek Easter falls the same week as “American Easter,” as it was called when I was…

22 April 2022

Great and Holy Friday

On Great and Holy Friday the Orthodox Church commemorates the death of Christ on the Cross. This is the culmination…

22 April 2022

Holy Wednesday the Sacrament of Unction

On the afternoon or evening of Great and Holy Wednesday, the Sacrament or Mystery of Holy Unction is conducted in…

20 April 2022

Orthodox Holy Tuesday

On Holy Tuesday, the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Holy Gospel.

19 April 2022

Orthodox Holy Monday

Today is Holy Monday. On this day, we commemorate Joseph the Patriarch, the son of Jacob (from the Old Testament).…

18 April 2022

How to make bright and shiny Kokkina Paschalina Avga ( Red Easter eggs) (VIDEO)

Red eggs are perhaps the brightest symbol of Greek Easter, representing the blood of Christ and rebirth. Red eggs are…

16 April 2022

The Saturday of Lazarus

On the Saturday before Holy Week, the Orthodox Church commemorates a major feast of the year, the miracle of our…

16 April 2022

Revithosoupa: Greek Chickpea Soup Recipe

Growing up in Australia, my parents kept the Greek Easter traditions of fasting for 40 days. Even though it may…

8 April 2022

Pascha in Corfu- Greece's top Easter destination

It comes as no surprise that Corfu is again the top destination for the Easter holiday period in Greece in…

5 April 2022

Greek Pascha 2022 feast at Alpha

The Hellenic Club Sydney will again this year host a traditional midnight feast to celebrate “Pascha”, Greek Orthodox Easter, at…

30 March 2022

Sister Ioanna Adler of Skopelos

Sister Ioanna is a Greek Orthodox nun serving on a monastery in Skopelos.  She is half-Greek and half-Jewish-American.  She feels…

12 February 2022

The Holy Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

Today is the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, which is celebrated each year…

10 June 2021

Crowd in Corfu keep 'botides' tradition of pot-smashing alive despite restrictions (VIDEO)

The Easter pot-smashing tradition in Corfu symbolises the creation of an 'earthquake' like what occurred following the first Resurrection of…

2 May 2021

Anastasi celebrated with Molotovs and Fire in Neos Kosmos, Athens

It has become a tradition at Neos Kosmos neighbourhood for the streets to appear as though a war has started as…

2 May 2021

Great and Holy Pascha

This feast of feasts is the most significant day in the life of the Church. It is a celebration of…

2 May 2021

Great and Holy Saturday

On Great and Holy Saturday the Orthodox Church commemorates the burial of Christ and His descent into Hades. It is…

1 May 2021

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