Articles of category "Easter Sunday Festival"

There is truly nothing more moving and beautiful than an Easter in Greece. If you are lucky enough to be traveling in Greece during the Greek Easter weekend, you will have an opportunity to experience all of the rich pageantry and deep religious devotion expressed by the Greeks at Easter time. Greek Easter combines the religious resurrection with the rebirth of nature in all its springtime glory.

Easter is the most important holiday of the Orthodox Church in Greece. Only every few years Catholic/Protestant Easter and Greek Orthodox Easter coincide. Will you be able to celebrate Greek Orthodox Easter in Greece on your trip? If you are traveling in Greece in April or May check the calendar first to see when Orthodox Easter falls.