Easter in Greece means a nice spring atmosphere, blossoming trees, beautiful colors, red eggs, decorated candles, many gifts for the children. Great religious processions, and finally, skewered lamb, kokoretsi, tzatziki and greek coffee with tsourekia and vanilla koulourakia.
Enjoy our Easter days looking at photos and links.
Pâques en Grêce, c’est une agréable atmosphère de printemps, des arbres en fleurs, de belles couleurs, des oeufs rouges, des bougies décorées, beaucoup de cadeaux pour les enfants , de grandes processions religieuses et aussi de l’agneau au barbecue, du kokoretsi, du tzatziki et du café grec avec du tsourekia et du koulourakia à la vanille. Joyeuses Pâques !
Hello there and happy Easter to all of you!
Reading your post and looking at those marvelous pictures, I see that Easter in Greece is pretty much the same thing as in Romania! We have here the same Easter meal, the eggs must be red, people go to church…
Yes Mihai , you are right. There are so many similarities between us. How many of you are Orthodox and how many Catholics or other religions?
Those photos are very inviting. Easter looks like a joyful time in Greece with those beautiful colours, flowers and dishes. What are kokoretsi, tsourekia and koulourakia?
I just watched the video on Easter in Greece and I am impressed at how grandiose the Easter celebrations are in Greece! Why do you break those huge pots?
I love watching fireworks. Where were they on the video? In France, there are fireworks in every town on the 14th of July but usually not for Easter.
Vicky, it is true indeed. In Romania, 87% of the entire population of the country are Orthodox, so it is a huge majority. Doing some research over the Internet, I found out that in Greece 95% of the population are Orthodox.
Mihai , kokoretsi is lamb’s liver and neumons rolled up with intestines of the same animal. You can see it on the skewer next to the lamb. Tsoyrekia is a kind od yeast bread and koulourakia are the greek word for cookies.
The video, Isabelle, shows the famous Easter celebrations in Corfu island. The ceramic pots are the victims of the day in the memory of Jesu;s victory on Death. You can see fireworks everywhere on the moment of Jesus’s rising, Saturday midnigh,t giving the atmosphere of the Gospel saying “and the sky was torn in two pieces while an earthquake trembled the Golgotha pick”
Thank you Vicky for answering my questions and filling my gaps in Greek tradition and food specialities.
Hi! In Poland we have colourful eggs and we have many meals. We eat breakfast with the whole family and we look for presents.:-)
Wioleta
Waouw ! The food seem delicious ! The colours are beautiful and the flowers are beautiful too .
Greece appeals to me, I would like to go in Greece .
It looks good !!!
Welcome to Greek posts my dear new friends! Thank you for your kind comments. I am sure our inland adventure will be great! Have a fruitful schoolyear!
It’s very beautiful .
Thank you very much !
the flowers are beautiful !!
Oh ! it’s very beautiful, wonderful! We would love to be there to be able to taste it. :p