Greek Easter Traditions
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- Published on Thursday, 02 April 2015 07:38
In Greece Easter is a really big deal, for some people even the most important celebration of the year. Sometimes the date differs from the Western Easter, because in the Greek Orthodox Church it is calculated after the ancient Julian calendar unlike the western church who is going after the Gregorian calendar.
The Greek Independence Day on March 25
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- Published on Friday, 27 March 2015 17:49
Every year on the 25th of March whole Greece is celebrating. In every school children create a parade and theatre plays or other presentations to the topic 25th of March. In the cities there are bigger parades and the Greek flag is present everywhere. But what is this exciting day about?
Greek Carnival Tradition
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- Published on Friday, 27 February 2015 18:29
Showers of confetti in all colors, masks disguising the actual persons behind them and enchant the wearers to fanciful fairytale figures, animals as well as any other kind of characters, happy people dancing in their costumes to atmospheric music – all these impressive expressions you will experience when taking part in a Greek carnival celebration also called Apokries.