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[gemsofgreece]

The Great Friday customs

As you may know, Orthodox Easter is not celebrated the same week as Catholic Easter. Today is the Great Friday and this weekend is going to be the Orthodox Easter.

Here are some Greek Orthodox Easter customs for this day:

On Good Friday, the burial of the Christ is commemorated as long as His descent to Hades (as it is often still called in Greek tradition!). Early at dawn, women and children prepare the Epitáphios, a simulacrum of Jesus’ tomb, which they adorn with beautiful flowers. Each church has its own Epitaphios.

At 11 o’ clock, the Great or Imperial Hours (Μεγάλες Ώρες - Megháles Óres) are chanted by women. This is supposed to be Mary’s lament.

At 12 o’ clock, the Descent from the Cross follows. Priests remove a simulacrum of Jesus’ body from the Cross (which is raised the day before, Great Thursday). They lay a rich cloth on the Epitaph, more flowers and place the body on top of it. At this point, believers make a pilgrimage to the Epitaph, where they can kiss the Epitaph and young people and kids can crawl three times below the Epitaph, to take a blessing.

On the evening of Great Friday, every Church has its own litany of the Epitaph. In some coastal areas, the litany might even get in the sea to bless the waters.

The church bells toll solemnly throughout the day. You will hear them wherever you are in Greece that day.

In some regions of Greece, they make an image of Judas and put in on fire.

The Great Friday is the strictest fast of the year. Not only meat and dairy are prohibited among believers but in fact anything cooked in olive oil is forbidden as well. This day, people often eat lentils cooked without oil, plain tomatoes and olives (only their oil is prohibited!) and bread with sugar. Vinegar is used quite a bit that day, to also commemorate Jesus’ torment on the Cross, when a Roman soldier offered him vinegar instead of water.

The chants of Great Friday are some of the most famous in Christian Orthodoxy. They include: Η Ζωή εν Τάφω (I Zoí en Tápho - Life in the Grave), Άξιον Εστί (Áxion Estí - It is Right to Magnify Thee), Αι Γενεαί Πάσαι (E Yene-é Pásse - All the Generations), composed in the 9th century. The third one is the one believed to be inspired by the lament of Demeter for Persephone by the way.

Inspiration for the post: https://www.ieidiseis.gr/ellada/193221/megali-paraskevi-ti-giortazoume-ta-ethima

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[romios-gr]

Πολωνίας Σάββας: «Χώρες αλλάζουν παραδόσεις και έθιμα ετοιμάζοντας το έδαφος στον Αντίχριστο» Επιμέλεια - μετάφραση: Romfea.gr Πύρινο κήρυγμα έκανε κατά τη Θεία Λειτουργία των Χριστουγέννων (7 Ιανουαρίου π.η.) ο επικεφαλής της Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας της Πολωνίας, Μητροπολίτης Βαρσοβίας κ. Σάββας. ��ύμφωνα με τα Ουκρανικά ΜΜΕ ο κ. Σάββας στη... Περισσότερα εδώ: https://romios.gr/polonias-savvas-chores-allazoyn-paradoseis-kai-ethima-etoimazontas-to-edafos-ston-antichristo/

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[romios-gr]

Τον Ιανουάριο, ως πρώτο μήνα του χρόνου, τον έχουμε όλοι μας συνδέσει με το πρωτοχρονιάτικο τραπέζι, με τη βασιλόπιτα, με το τέλος των χριστουγεννιάτικων διακοπών κ.α. Επίσης, μέσα στον Γενάρη, περιλαμβάνονται πολλές εκκλησιαστικές εορτές, όπως αυτή του Μεγάλου Βασιλείου, της Βάπτισης του Χριστού, του αγίου Ιωάννη του Προδρόμου, του αγίου Αθανασίου και των Τριών Ιεραρχών. Όμως ... Περισσότερα εδώ: https://romios.gr/ethima-gyro-apo-ta-fota/

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Τα έθιμα της Πρωτοχρονιάς στην Κρήτη #ethima #kriti #protoxronias #stin #ta #tis https://xamos.gr/ta-ethima-tis-protoxronias-stin-kriti/?feed_id=51019&_unique_id=5ff0112d1d74c

[caffeled]

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[raksesrot-m]

ok if i wanted to bring back ethima id have to       draw icons bc idk where to pull a birb skull fc from fghdfghdf but uh                skipper tho whe e z e