Good Friday

A 47-year-old woman tried to put an end to her own life on Good Friday by jumping off a historic cliff from the mountain of Zalongos.

Sources state that the woman chose to jump off the same cliff that the women and children of Souli jumped off in a mass suicide to avoid being captured by the Turks in December 1803.

Nuns in a nearby monastery heard the woman’s yell.

A tragic accident on Good Friday at the village of Ano Amfeia (Thoiria) in Messinia, the Peloponnese,  resulted in the death of two young men, aged 23 and 26.

By George Georgakopoulos

Olympiakos completed its campaign in the top-16 of the Euroleague with a 77-70 home win over Russia?s Nizhny and is preparing for the all-important play-offs that begin next week. Its opponent will probably be Barcelona.

According to an old Bulgarian tradition, everyone should buy a new clay pot for their house on Good Friday.

The folklore tradition has not been forgotten even in the capital, where thousands of people were spotted shopping for the clay items of their choice, BGNES reported.

PM in Easter greetings to Church and believers

BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Friday sent his Easter greetings to the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) patriarch, clergy, and believers.

Serbian Orthodox Christians today mark Good Friday and will on Sunday celebrate Easter.

Shops will open at 1pm on Good Friday, and will remain open until 7pm local time.

On Holy Saturday, shops will remain open between 09.00-17.00 for Athens and 09.00-15.00 for Piraeus, 10.00-16.00 for Thessaloniki.

All public markets will operate normally on Good Friday and Holy Saturday.

Museums, monuments and archeological sites will have different opening times over the Easter period. Specifically, the opening times announced are:

Good Friday, April 10: noon to 5 p.m.
Holy Saturday, April 11: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Easter Sunday, April 12: Closed
Easter Monday, April 13: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Culture Ministry on Wednesday published the opening times for museum and archaeological sites over the Orthodox Easter weekend.

They will open at noon on Good Friday and close at 5 p.m.

On Easter Saturday, they will open at 8 a.m. and close at 3 p.m. but will be closed throughout the day on Eastern Sunday.

The Greek stock market will open on Tuesday after a four-day recess due to the holidays for most bourses in the European Union.

The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) general index will resume from 771.32 points, which it closed at last Thursday, in this three-day trading week, as the market will be closed on Good Friday.

The National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce on Tuesday announced the shopping hours during the 2015 Easter period in Athens, Thessaloniki and Piraeus.

Sunday, April 5 - 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. (Athens and Thessaloniki) and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Piraeus)

Good Friday, March 10 - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.