Paxos: The Greek Island of Serene Beauty in the Ionian Sea
Paxos island, Greece . Credit: GreekReporter Paxos, a Greek island in the Ionian Sea was the setting of “ Maestro in Blue ”, the first Gree...
Holy Saturday: A Day of Silence, Waiting, and Hope
A mosaic in Hosios Loukas depicts a resurrected Christ descending to Hades. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Public Domain As Good Friday’s sorro...
Elafonisos Island: A Little Piece of Greek Heaven
Elafonisos. Credit: Public Domain Visiting Elafonisos in Greece is an unforgettable experience because of the unsurpassed natural beauty t...
Holy Thursday Commemorates Last Supper in the Greek Orthodox Church
The Last Supper by Valentine de Boulogne (1625-1626). Public Domain Holy Thursday and the Last Supper is the culmination of the Divine Dra...
Tsoureki: The Greek Easter Bread and Its Traditional Recipe
Tsoureki bread. Credit: Nostimo/Greek Reporter Tsoureki (τσουρέκι in Greek) is the traditional sweet yeast bread Greeks make every year on ...
Mount Pangaion: The Mountain of Gold and Ancient Greek Oracles
Pangaion served as a powerful symbol: a source of both material wealth and spiritual ecstasy. Credit: Marsyas , CC BY-SA 3.0 /Wikipedia Mou...
Why Orthodox and Catholic Easter are on Different Dates
Greek Orthodox and Western Easter will never coincide after 2700. Public Domain/Wikipedia Orthodox and Catholic Easter are usually set on ...
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