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Romanian heritage ascribing to the faith you will hear them saying Hristos a înviat - Adevărat a înviat. This is just one example of common traditions across Australia’s ethnic groups celebrating Orthodox Easter, which include members of the Russian, Eritrean, Armenian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian and Ethiopian communities. The Epitaphio (the symbolic funeral bier of Christ) during a Good Friday at Greek Orthodox Church of St. Athanasios at Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, April, 2015 AAP Key points The strong community appeal of Orthodox Easter is a common denominator across diverse communities celebrating in Australia Traditional staples combine religious elements with family activities ....
Mandy Te05:00, May 01 2021 MONIQUE FORD/Stuff Stella Bares with her grandson, Harry, at a service during Holy Week at Wellington’s Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. When Stella Bares parents and her Yaya came to New Zealand in the 1950s, they held on tight to their Greek traditions. Decades later, Bares is celebrating those traditions with her grandson. While many people celebrated Easter at the start of April, for the country’s Orthodox Greek communities, Easter is on May 2. Known as Greek Easter, the day and the holy week leading up to it is considered one of the most sacred events in the Greek Orthodox faith. ....
After weeks of mixed messages from ministers and with the COVID-19 epidemic raging in Attica, the government has finally decided to ban movement between prefectures for Greek Easter, which is on 2 May this year. “The government proposes that inter-regional movement not be permitted for Easter,” government spokesperson Aristotelia Peloni said in an interview with SKAI this morning. Noting that Prime Minister has not yet decided when to make a nationally televised address on the issue, she declared that at this juncture one cannot risk a grand Easter exodus due to the epidemiological situation. The decision will have the greatest impact on the prefecture of Attica, which is home to nearly half of the country’s population and which has a very high viral load at the moment. ....
After weeks of mixed messages from ministers and with the COVID-19 epidemic raging in Attica, the government has finally decided to ban movement between prefectures for Greek Easter, which is on 2 May this year. “The government proposes that inter-regional movement not be permitted for Easter,” government spokesperson Aristotelia Peloni said in an interview with SKAI this morning. Noting that Prime Minister has not yet decided when to make a nationally televised address on the issue, she declared that at this juncture one cannot risk a grand Easter exodus due to the epidemiological situation. The decision will have the greatest impact on the prefecture of Attica, which is home to nearly half of the country’s population and which has a very high viral load at the moment. ....
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