People in Greece celebrate special occasions just like we
do in the United States! They celebrate Easter and Christmas. With that being said, religion plays a large role in the lives of the people
of Greece
Greek Easter starts with Clean Monday, which is the first day of Lent. It is a holiday inGreece
and there will be many parties and celebrations going on. Many people will be
feasting on fish, and gathering around to play music and sing songs. The time of lent is
called Nistia in Greece . In addition, any kind of food that is allowed to
be eaten during lent will be seen with the word nistisima after it. This shows that the ingredients
are not part of the restricting diet of lent.
The week leading up to Easter is called Megali Evdomatha. On Holy Thursday, families get together to bake the Easter cookies and loafs of bread to prepare for the busy weekend ahead.
On Good Friday, Instead of dying their eggs lots of colors, they only dye the eggs the color red to symbolize blood.
On Easter Saturday
the people of Greece
will go to a church just before midnight and sell decorated candles. On Sunday
the priest will say to the people gathered in the church that Christ has Risen!
Next, the people go home and create a cross out of smoke and ashes in their front doors
to symbolize Jesus and his love for us.
Works Cited: "Greek Culture." Greek Culture. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.
Greek Easter starts with Clean Monday, which is the first day of Lent. It is a holiday in
The week leading up to Easter is called Megali Evdomatha. On Holy Thursday, families get together to bake the Easter cookies and loafs of bread to prepare for the busy weekend ahead.
On Good Friday, Instead of dying their eggs lots of colors, they only dye the eggs the color red to symbolize blood.
On Easter Saturday
the people of Works Cited: "Greek Culture." Greek Culture. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.
You can really see the similarities between how Catholics celebrate Easter in the U.S. and how Greek Orthodoxs celebrate Easter in Greece. I like how they make it easy to see what you should and shouldn't eat during Easter by the labeling system. I also am fascinated by how they do on Easter Sunday after mass, this seems like a fun tradition that people could bring over to the U.S.
ReplyDeleteThis whole Easter and Christmas idea that ties into their religion makes me interested to learn more. It's funny how Catholics and christian orthodox are so similar but yet have such different customs when it comes to tradition!
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