The Easter Basket of more affordable goods for the traditional Orthodox Easter feast has come into effect until May 4, the same day on which the Lenten Basket for lower-priced lenten foods comes to an end.
The Easter Basket of more affordable goods for the traditional Orthodox Easter feast has come into effect until May 4, the same day on which the Lenten Basket for lower-priced lenten foods comes to an end.
The “Godparents’ Basket” is available as of Monday, while the special “Easter Basket,” which offers traditional Easter foods at lower or unchanged prices, will come into effect on Wednesday.
The extended opening hours of shops and stores for the Easter period will start on April 25.
Three Hellenic Navy ships will open to the public over four days as part of the celebrations for the Greek Independence Day on March 25.
Revelers take part in traditional “Tskinopempti” (Smoky Thursday) celebrations in the northern port city of Thessaloniki.
A man grills meat to be distributed to revellers, in front of city’s main meat market, during the celebrations of Tsiknopempti or “Smoky Thursday,” dedicated to grilling of meat, part of the Greek Carnival season in Athens, Thursday.
The Labor Day or May Day holiday will this year be held on Tuesday, May 7.
The US Embassy in Athens and its Consular Section, the US Consulate General in Thessaloniki and all American government offices in Greece is closed on Monday, observing Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday, a US holiday.
Participants in the “Ride of Love” initiative take a photo in front of the Christmas tree on downtown Athens’ Syntagma Square on Thursday night.
The holiday working hours of public transportation, shops and supermarkets for New Year’s Eve day, Sunday, were announced.
Holiday opening hours for retail stores ahead of the New Year are as follows: Shops will be open on Friday from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m., on Saturday from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m. (with shopping centers and supermarkets staying open until 8 p.m.).
As we edge closer to Christmas, we explore the Greek origins of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, an early Christian bishop who inspired the legend of Santa Claus.
In a video posted on social media on Thursday, SYRIZA President Stefanos Kasselakis extends New Year wishes from Houston, Texas, US.
During the holiday period leading up to New Year and Epiphany, Athens metro and tram lines will operate on a modified timetable with reduced services. All rail services will conclude by 11 p.m. on New Year’s Eve.
There will be no musical festivities. No tree-lighting ceremony. No extravagant decorations that normally bedeck the West Bank city of Bethlehem at Christmas. With the war in the Gaza Strip raging, this is a city in mourning.
A reveler releases a sky lantern at Kotzia square, in central Athens, Greece, during Christmas Eve festivities, on December 24, 2023.