Greek Easter
24 Feb 2024The customs associated with Easter are dyeing eggs red (symbolizing the blood of Christ), which are then ceremoniously cracked between friends on Easter Sunday, church-going just before midnight on Easter Eve for the exuberant celebrations and dazzling fireworks in honour of the Resurrection of Christ, returning home to a lovely pot of home-made “mageiritsa” (delicious traditional offal and greens soup, ideal for preparing the stomach for the next day’s meat feast following Lent) and enjoying spit-roasted lamb and other delicacies (such as roast offal) to traditional music and dancing on Easter Sunday with the extended family, often in the family abode in the home village.
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