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Greek Good Friday Procession Tweaked for Coronavirus The Epitaphio procession during coronavirus times this year. Credit: Screenshot from YouTube. This year, Greeks gathered for the mournful Good Friday “Epitaphio” procession under slightly different conditions than usual due to coronavirus restrictions. Perhaps one of the more radical changes to the ceremony was the time change. The time that the procession took place was earlier than other years, set by government guidelines to occur at 6:00 PM rather than much later in the evening. ” width=”1080″> Furthermore, as is to be expecte...

Mandy Te05:00, May 01 2021 MONIQUE FORD/Stuff Stella Bares with her grandson, Harry​, at a service during Holy Week at Wellington’s Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. When Stella Bares'​ parents and her Yaya came to New Zealand in the 1950s, they held on tight to their Greek traditions. Decades later, Bares is celebrating those traditions with her grandson. While many people celebrated Easter at the start of April, for the country’s Orthodox Greek communities, Easter is on May 2. Known as Greek Easter, the day and the holy week leading up to it is considered one of th...

Share on Twitter Inside Trianon Cake Shop in the south western Sydney suburb of Earlwood, pastry chef James Pitsiniagas is baking vast quantities of aromatic bread. Its spicy, sweet aroma drifts through the store.   And with Orthodox Easter coming up on Sunday, the past week has been James' busiest of the year.  “We’re working about a hundred hours a week, doing maybe 250 tsoureki a day, and they're all handmade,” the 21-year-old says.  Tsoureki is a traditional Greek Easter bread, with three strands of dough braided to symbolise the Holy Trinity.  Tsoureki, bagged and r...

Why Greeks Dye Eggs Red for Easter Red eggs for Easter. Credit: Vassilis/CC-BY-SA-2.0 Traditionally, families across Greece dye eggs red on Holy Thursday. Dying eggs red in anticipation of Greek Easter is one of the oldest and most beloved traditions in Greece. Along with candles, church services, lamb, and the sweet bread tsoureki, eggs that have been tinted with red dye are one of the most iconic symbols of Easter in Greece. The symbolism of red eggs on Greek Easter ” width=”1080″> The red eggs hold significant religious symbolism, as the color red symbolizes the blood Christ shed on ...

This Greek Easter my family will be celebrating not just one person who rose from the dead after the third day, but also my father-in-law who almost died in a barbecue accident. Last year, when COVID-19 shut down Greek Easter, my father in-law Alex was determined to keep doing the thing he loved the most - getting on the charcoals and preparing his famous souvlaki. While he prepared the barbecue, he did something that many Greek men do - throwing petrol on hot charcoals to quicken the lighting process. His impatience meant he inadvertently created a mini fire ball that blew back on him and ca...