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Easter celebrations When the bells ring The Easter holidays are a real event in Greece. Many celebrations are held across the country. © Christophe Bluntzer - age fotostock

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In Greece, Easter celebrations remain the most important ones of the year. Torch processions, fireworks, and other festivities take place across the whole country. The processions in Athens, Corfu, Kifissia and Mykonos are the biggest of them all. Everywhere in Greece, on the islands as well as on the continent, the residents elaborately decorate their houses and paint eggs red.
In addition to the ringing of bells and the lighting of candles around the city on Holy Saturday, it is on Easter Day that visitors are really able to participate in the local tradition, when roast lamb spits are installed outside. In Lamia, Levadia, Arachova and Amfissa, they are installed on the sidewalk, and passers-by can have a taste.
If you want to learn a phrase in Greek, make it 'Christos Anesti', (Christ is Risen) which is used when playing a game which consists of hitting your egg against your opponent's egg, with the aim of breaking it and keeping yours intact.

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