Faith, food and culture: Orthodox Easter through the eyes of a priest's daughter

Faith, food and culture: Orthodox Easter through the eyes of a priest's daughter

45-year-old Katherine, married with two daughters, lives in a village in Greece near the Peloponnese’s Kiato where she also met her husband. Faraway Australia though, is close to her heart – and to her family’s. This isn’t just because her husband also happens to have relatives there. Katherine is the youngest sibling of three brothers who unlike her, have spent most of their lives in Australia. In fact, her most memorable Easter was in Australi…

Holy Week, also known as Holy Week, is the last part of the Easter Lent and prepares believers for the most important holiday of Christianity - the Resurrection of the Lord.

Holy Week, in addition to being one of the most significant moments of the Christian liturgical calendar, is also a season in which cultural, artistic and symbolic manifestations emerge that transcend the religious. Processions, theatrical works, sacred music, sculptures, ornaments, ceremonial clothing and even traditional culinary expressions flood public and private spaces throughout [...]

Holy Week and Easter Traditions of Greece

Easter is an extremely important holiday in Greek Orthodox Christianity, with its religious significance arguably exceeding that of Christmas. While Christmas is increasingly associated with merrymaking, shopping and gift-giving, hence accentuating its more commercialized -as well as westernized- features, Easter in Greek and Eastern Orthodox tradition in general still retains its solemnity and purely religious […] The post Holy Week and Easter …