Holy Week
Easter weather: The Holy Week starts with good weather and ends with instabilities - Strong winds up to 8 Beaufort
Day by day the weather in the Holy Week - Where rains are expected - The forecasts of Christina Suzi until Holy Thursday
Weather: No winds, with short sleeves on the islands, but with an umbrella in the northern mountains - The first forecast for Easter
What the meteorologists predict for Holy Week and Easter Sunday - Which areas will be affected - See maps
Today marks the start of the Easter holiday opening hours for commercial stores
Sunday, April 28th, shops will be open – detailed opening hours for Holy Week
King Charles: The Easter message was recorded two weeks ago - "I will continue to serve the nation"
He expressed his "great sadness" at missing the traditional Maundy Thursday ceremony - The monarch addressed the people with a recorded message ahead of Catholic Easter
The Great Lent Begins Today: A Time of Spiritual Renewal
Today marks the commencement of the Great Lent, or the Great Fast a period of profound significance in the Christian calendar. It is a time for repentance, prayer, and humility as believers prepare themselves to meet the greatest Christian holiday, the Resurrection of Christ - Easter (Pascha) - with dignity.
Today is Easter Monday
Today, from the second day of the Orthodox Easter, the Bright Week begins. Until the upcoming Tomina Sunday, each of the days bears the name "bright". The name is associated with the enlightenment that the resurrected Christ brings to humanity.
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President to attend Resurrection service in Athens cathedral
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou will attend the midnight Anastasi (Resurrection) Mass on Holy Saturday at the Athens Cathedral tonight, her office said.
On Sunday (Easter Sunday), she will visit the Presidential Guard.
Holy Saturday marks the End of Holy Week
The Orthodox world is preparing to welcome Easter. Holy Saturday marks the end of Holy Week.
Church services in the morning remind us of the burial of Jesus Christ and his descent into Hell, and at midnight the festive service for the Resurrection of Christ begins.
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Kaisariani’s woodland Epitaphios
People arrange flowers on the bier representing the burial of Christ at Kaisariani Monastery in Athens on the morning of Good Friday. Kaisariani's Epitaphios procession is the only one in the Greek capital that takes place during daylight hours and is particularly popular among the Greek Orthodox faithful.
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Worshippers participate in Epitaph procession during Orthodox Holy Week
Worshipers carry the Epitaph in the sea, while others light flares, during the Holy Friday celebrations of Orthodox Easter at the Tolo beach, eastern Peloponnese, in Greece, on April 14, 2023. Orthodox Easter is celebrated this year on April 16. [Vangelis Bougiotis/EPA]