Good Friday in Agrinio is traditionally greeted with chalconas, fireworks that add “degree” to the atmosphere of the holiday and are one of the characteristic Easter customs of the region. As you know, chalcones, chalkunia (χαλκούνια) are improvised designs of firecrackers, consisting of a large cylinder filled with a mixture of gunpowder and a wick […]
If you cannot go to the village to taste the lamb, then, probably, the sheep can get from the village to the city! The highly quarantined Athenians will still be able to celebrate Easter well, thanks to their relatives from Karditsa and Trikala. As observed on the last pre-holiday days at KTEL (intercity bus stations), […]
On Holy Saturday, Easter services will begin at 21.00 in the courtyard of the Holy Temples, as stated in the decision of the Permanent Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, which was published on April 20. As the representative of the synod said, Metropolitan of Ilion Mr. Athenagoras, the Church will transfer the time […]