Clean Monday begins the season of Great Lent in Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Both Historical (Celebration of the War of Independence) as Religious (the Annunciation by archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary).
Orthodox Good Friday takes place on the Friday before Orthodox Easter Sunday.
Easter is the principal festival of Greece and the Orthodox Church.
Easter Sunday:
Dynamite!!
Easter Monday
The holiday may also be known as Labour Day or International Worker’s Day and is marked with a public holiday in over 80 countries
Orthodox Pentecost Monday, also known as Holy Spirit Monday, is observed fifty days after Orthodox Easter
Restoration Of Democracy:
July 24, 1974 is an important day as it marks the day democracy was restored after seven years of military dictatorship
On the Greek Orthodox calendar this date marks the moment when Mary, Christ’s mother, ascended into Heaven.
Kalymnos Climbing Festival: According to CultureTrip one of the “7 festivals worth traveling to Greece for! “
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