Happy Easter, everyone! Orthodox Easter is next week, mind you, but I thought it made more sense for me to post this today.
I know that, for most of you, Easter is about bunnies dropping chocolate eggs all over gardens (not to be confused with another, less sanitary kind of bunny droppings). For Greeks, though, it’s much, much more.
For example, rockets.
You may remember from last year’s Easter post how big a part fireworks of varying bang play. Then, there’s mayiritsa, skewered lamb, white candles, and red eggs.
No, I’m not making it up. Neither is it an April Fools’ Day joke.
Easter Day
As Birmingham Live explains, the fasting of Lent continues throughout Holy Week, which ends on Easter Sunday. Preparations begin on Holy Thursday. Easter bread (tsoureki) is baked and eggs are colored with red dye. Red is the color of…
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Thank you, Viv! Hope you had a lovely one 🙂
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I’m familiar with the Greek Orthodox Easter; my first husband was from Romania and we celebrated both. Have a great week. @v@ ❤
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Two Easters? Sounds like fun 😀
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