What's A Greek Traditional Easter ? | Bucket Life

[@AriadnesVillageLife]

If you've enjoyed this video, don't miss out on a few more aesthetic videos I made talking about other Greek celebrations, such as Koliva, Tsiknopempti (Smokey Thursday), Kathara Deftera (Clean Monday), and a whole episode talking about the different Christmas Traditions here in Greece! Some of them are linked in the description! What is your favourite holiday?

[@davidsewellclarke4103]

How i miss greece and the greek easter . I'm 10years back in Blighty after 23 years in Greece. Ellada mou liepies sagapou .

[@ellipitylaki]

And Sotiris is speaking like a BBC commentator! Really impressive!

[@koutsaftfam]

Great ! Thanks to the speaker, impressive.

[@gillesbeeckman9756]

Thanks for the information

[@ellipitylaki]

My darling Ariadni this video is full of love

[@darlenegattus8190]

Absolutely beautiful

[@AriadnesVillageLife]

Thank you! 😊

[@brittneycase1187]

What is the white stuff in yellow sauce? Was it meringue and custard?

[@AriadnesVillageLife]

Yes it’s called “îles flottantes” (I’m half-French), and it’s light whipped boiled meringue in custard, a traditional French food (irrelevant to Easter)

[@tiffany-sheriwageman.3702]

I made it to 5 days for fasting with just water what other ways to Greeks get through the fasting process? I am thinking about converting to Greek orthodoxy. I just want to know if you have any suggestions.

[@AriadnesVillageLife]

I am personally an atheist, however my partner is a practicing greek orthodox and I have grown up in Greece surrounded by people that fasted. So I can give you the basic tips : Fasting, or rather doing the lent, doesn't mean not eating anything. You should start lenting 40 days before the Orthodox Easter, and that just means cutting out meat (including fish). The idea is to not eat anything that has blood (so for example shrimps and calamari is alright as it doesn't bleed in the traditional sense, ergo it doesn't bleed red). The most important part of the faith however is to never do anything that can cause you harm, so for example diabetics or elder people are exempt from lent if it causes issues to their health. Towards the last week of the Lent things get a little more intense : you can't eat eggs, oil, or any animal product. Usually people eat a lot of dry beans and lentils during that week. But overall the important thing to remember is that it varies : many elder generations practice the lent throughout the 40 days as severely as I described the last week of the lent. These are the basic tips I can give you, and if anyone has any correction or better tip please write it below :) I hope this has been helpful!

[@TheForceHungerGames]

After 5 years sint anything changed? I recieven that these things are very oldfashioned and only a few do it instead off all.

[@AriadnesVillageLife]

Actually they are still very revalent outside of Athens. In Athens many traditions (as in any big capital) have slowly started to fade, but Easter remains a very important celebration, and most church goers and religious people do all the steps I listed ☺️

[@ichimanyunyanyen4737]

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[@fekrybahaa1221]

you are greek or not

[@ΕΛΛΗΝΑΣΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΑΣ]

There's no such thing as greek easter there's only pesach or passover and it's jewish don't ever call it a greek easter it doesn't exist.

[@TheRealRealOK]

Greek Easter = Pascha. Cry more.

[@ΕΛΛΗΝΑΣΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΑΣ]

@@TheRealRealOK It's pesach and it's jewish you go cry go more.

[@TAGMATAGMATON]

So how we orthodox christians should call our feast of Christ's resurection? Got any suggestions?

[@ΕΛΛΗΝΑΣΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΑΣ]

@@TAGMATAGMATON You don't call it anything.There's only one pesach and it's 100% jewish.Christ was jewish not hellenic and his real name was yehoshua.

[@ΕΛΛΗΝΑΣΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΑΣ]

@@TheRealRealOK There's no such thing as a greek easter it's called pesach in hebrew or passover in english and it's 100% jewish.Don't ever call it a greek easter it doesn't exist.