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Today over 300 million Orthodox Christians around the world
celebrate Easter. Observances of this holiday are referred to as
Pascha, Coptic Easter, or one of many other variants.
For many in the western world, the Easter celebration has already
taken place. However, Eastern Orthodox Easter is set by the Julian
calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar. Orthodox Christians
observe today s holiday in Greece, Russia, Bulgaria, Egypt,
Ethiopia, Lebanon, Ukraine, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Eritrea, Serbia, and many nations across the
globe.
According to the
Two Majestic Greek Seaside Towns with Historic Castles
Methoni Castle. Credit: Flyax/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0
Methoni and Koroni, two quintessential Greek seaside towns, are also home to Venetian castles, countless pristine sandy beaches, and lush landscapes.
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We are well into the Orthodox Easter Lent period which started on Clean Monday 15 March and ends on Holy Saturday.
But what does the Easter fast mean for our Church? How many of us follow it and how? Are there “good” and “bad” foods? Can fasting be an opportunity to detoxify our body?
There are no “good” and “bad” foods, clarifies Father George Athanasiadis, priest of St Spyridon Clayton, who explains the true meaning of fasting.
“Easter fasting and fasting in the Orthodox Church in general is a spiritual education, where one sacrifices the delicious and nutritional pleasures which one replenishes with prayer, charity, church attendance and culminates in participation in Holy Communion.
Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament of the Bible, the event is said to have occurred three days after Jesus was crucified by the Romans and died in roughly 30 A.D. The holiday concludes the “Passion of Christ,” a series of events and holidays that begins with Lent a 40-day period of fasting, prayer and sacrifice and ends with Holy Week, which includes Holy Thursday (the celebration of Jesus’ Last Supper with his 12 Apostles, also known as “Maundy Thursday”), Good Friday (on which Jesus’ crucifixion is observed) and Easter Sunday. Although a holiday of high religious significance in the Christian faith, many traditions associated with Easter date back to pre-Christian, pagan times.
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