Celebrations and Traditions

Easter traditions and festivities in Greece

Easter in Greece is a beautiful festival. In fact, it’s more widely celebrated than [...]

March 25: National holiday in Greece

March 25 is one of Greece’s two national holidays. The second is on October 28, the day of [...]

Why Pure Monday?

In Greece, Pure Monday or “kathara deftera” is a special day. A holiday celebrated with [...]

Patras Carnival

The Patras Carnival is one of Greece’s not-to-be-missed events. Little known abroad, the [...]

January 6: Epiphany in Greece

January 6, the day of the Epiphany(Theophania in Greek, meaning “Appearance of God”) is [...]

Christmas culinary traditions in Greece

Long before our modern Christmas, which is nearly identical worldwide, long before the man in red [...]

Easter in the Dodecanese islands: an original and surprising cuisine

The islands of the Dodecanese. They are called ” the twelve islands “(dodeca = twelve [...]

Dyeing Passover eggs red: solutions and tradition

A Easter in Greece it’s customary to dye Easter eggs in red. Red symbolizes the blood of [...]

Easter in Athens: celebrations and practical information

Easter is the most important festival of Eastern Christianity. The Greeks celebrate this festival [...]

Christmas in Greece and New Year traditions

Greece is a festive country with many traditions. To better understand them, we’d like to [...]