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Easter starts on 29th april on monday, on the fifth day we paint eggs, we make sweet breads and we go in the church all week

vangelis laios

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αρχείο λήψης

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At Easter my cousins come over and we juke the eggs and I always win

Vaggelis livadero

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Ester in Livadero starts on 29 April and there is the Holy week. At Εaster we crush eggs on 5 May.

On April 30 it's the feast of lazaros and we go to church.

lazaros. livadero.

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At easter in Livadero we make sweet bread called tsourekia. Also, we going to the curch all the week. Easter day is on 5th May. We stay at curch at 12 o'clock and we hold candles. Happy Easter !!!!

Christina

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On the 28th of April is the custom of the Lazarines.The Lazarines go to every house in the village and sing.The people from the houses when the Lazarines finish singing, give them money and sweets. It is a very nice custom.

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Easter in Livadero takes place on different dates.This year it is 29 April.Every night before Easter we go to the church and after a while we light candles.With the candles lit we walk around Livadero.Sometimes the wind blows and blows out some candles.When we arrive at the church we blow out the candles and some children throw fireworks.It is perfect!!!!

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This year Easter falls on the 5th of May.

In Livadero on Holy Week, usually on Thursday, we dye eggs, bake brioches and decorate the house with Easter eggs. We also go to the church and decorate the epitaph with flowers. On Good Friday evening we make a procession of the epitaph and at midnight we eat Magiritsa at home. On Holy Saturday we crack the eggs and say loudly:CHRISTOS ANESTI! TRULY BLESSED!

I love Easter!

Joanna!

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We made "Lazarakia" cookies !!!

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Classroom crafts at school.

Nikos, Livadero

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Jiannis Livadero

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Jianis Livadero

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Διονύσης καλό πασχα

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Jianis Livadero

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Nikos Livadero

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This year Easter starts on 29th April and ends on 5th May. On Holy Week we go to church every day. On Holy Thursday we paint eggs and we make sweet bread called tsourekia, on Good Friday we decorate the epitaph and on Holly Saturday at night we go to church to celebrate Ressurection. Finally, on Easter Sunday we clink eggs and we roast lamb.

Joahna

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This year Easter starts on April 29th and ends on May 5th. During the Holy Week and specifically on Holy Thursday, people paint eggs in the color red and make sweet loaves of bread which are called "Tsourekia". On Good Friday the people decorate the epitaph with flowers. On Holy Saturday at night we go to the church until midnight and light candles. Later that night, we also crack the eggs that we painted. The next day, on Easter day, we eat grilled lamb.

Konstantinos

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In Serbia, Easter is on 6th May this year. We do what everybody does: paint eggs, go to church, clink eggs, eat eggs, eat a lot of food.

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We celebrate Easter for three days. Before that, it's Good Friday and we fast. And before that is St. Lazarus on Saturday. This year it was on 27 April. People take children to church for a procession, and they get willow branches and small bells there.

Sofija

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On Holy Thursday and Good Friday we paint eggs and fast. Then on Saturday we make milchbrot (brioche). On Sunday (Easter) morning we go to church and we usually eat roast meat for lunch.

Dušan

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We use onion peel or beets, carrots and nettle to paint eggs if we want natural colours and healthy food. We put eggs in women's elastic socks and place herbs on the eggs, then tie each egg. Then we cook eggs for half an hour in the water with peels or vegetables. After that, we take off the sock and peel off the herb and we get beautiful pictures on the eggs. We put some oil to make eggs shiny. That is our tradition.

Vasilisa

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This year Easter season is from 27 April to 7 May and we don't go to school! It is the best Easter ever!

Uroš

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In Greece, on Holy Thursday, we paint boiled eggs. Sometimes the eggs are beautifully decorated. As every year, we held the tradition by painting our own eggs at school.

Anestis.

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Some people prefer backing Greek Sweet Bread (Tsoureki) to Easter Cookies (Lambrokouloura). This Easter we decided to bake the latter.

Konstantinos K.

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This year we tried to make crosses made of matches. Do you like this one?

Myropi.

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We decorated our own Easter candles at school.

George.

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Easter is one of the greatest celebrations. Greeks follow the Holy week rites and celebrate His Resurrection on Easter Sunday.

During the Holy week the churches are dressed in black and purple ribbons and there is an atmosphere of mourning.

On Maundy Thursday, Greek home ovens bake traditional tsoureki (a type of Easter brioche) along with lamprokouloura (Easter cookies). Eggs are painted in red dye- the red colour symbolizes the joy of Nature’s rebirth.

Maria

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On Good Friday, Epitaphios (a wooden canopied bier which represents the tomb of Christ) is covered with flowers of various colours. At the end of the evening, people follow it along the streets of cities listening to psalms being chaunted.

Zoi.

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On Holy Saturday, a traditional dish called mageiritsa soup (a Greek soup made from lamb offal) is prepared for the festive dinner. Before midnight, people gather in churches holding white candles which they light with the “Holy light” given by the priests. People hold an egg painted red and crack it with the person next to them, saying “Christos Anesti” (which means “Christ is Risen”).

Marina.

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On Easter Sunday, in many parts of Greece, lamb is skewered and cooked over charcoal or roasted in the oven. People dance and listen to folk music.

Afroditi.

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Something that has to be mentioned and it’s quite extraordinary is about an old custom taking place at Easter in the city of Kozani. On Holy Saturday, at midnight some families or relatives prefer going to the cemetery (St George church) in order to be with their loved ones who died. They hold candles, sing “Christos Anesti” and leave a red egg on the grave.

19th Primary School of Kozani.

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Did you know that 3 resurrection ceremonies take place during Easter? At 9 o’clock in the morning, on Holy Saturday the first resurrection takes place. It’s like an earthquake, people inside the church shake the chandeliers and the pews. It symbolizes the destruction of the old world in order for a new one to be built.  The priest throws with joy bay leaves everywhere and people take some for good luck. The second resurrection is the one we know, on Holy Saturday at midnight. And the third resurrection takes place early in the afternoon on Sunday. This happens because people suppose that resurrection happened between 00.01 at midnight till 24.00 of the same day.

19th Primary School of Kozani.

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Easter is the greatest Christian holiday.

My family celebrates Easter. We are happy because we paint eggs on Good Friday. The first egg is red and it is known as the guardian of a house. The egg is a symbol of a new life and it presents the happiness and progress for the whole family. On Easter day family members knock with eggs and then we have a big lunch.

We like Easter because we are all together on that day and we all enjoy it.

Lena, Serbia