Andrea Petkovic wearing a Chotki? Well what do you know? Artists, actors, and actresses aren’t the only ones in on the religious accessory “craze”. Athletes have also been spotted sporting religious accessories and among them is Andrea Petkovic, a professional German (of Serbian Origin) tennis player. In fact, Andrea Petkovic is wearing the same bracelet […]
Mageiritsa Soup.. Say what? If you haven’t had the chance to try it and despise the thought of eating lamb’s inwards, I have a vegan’s alternative for you. You will need ½ kgr mushrooms – portobello is my recommendation, 4-5 spring onions, the juice of a lemon, one lettuce semi-finely cut, dill, a handful of […]
Pascha – Its Orthodox Easter The Feast of Feasts starts at about 11 pm. We will all dress up and go to church. Little children are holding their lambada (λαμπάδα), a colored candle ornamented with flowers or other spring and Easter art craft, a gift from the godparents. The adults will have to be contented […]
Holy Saturday, only a few hours separating us from the Pascha!!!! In the morning Holy Saturday Vespers and a Divine Liturgy of St. Basil are served, accompanied with reading of Psalms and Resurrection hymns that describe Christ’s descend into Hades, celebrated as the First Resurrection of Adam and the conquering of Death. This service was […]
The culmination of the Holy Week is Great and Holy Friday. Basically this is the day of Christ’s funeral and entombment. In the morning service, the priest takes the Body of Christ – the Epitaphios – wraps it in a white sheet and places it inside the altar. Inside the Sepulcher is placed a painted […]
Holy Thursday is the day the martyrdom of Christ takes place. On the evening, the Holy Passion service of the reading of the Twelve Gospels is conducted. Faithfull go over every moment of agony, pain, suffer and humiliation Christ went through. The question by the Sanhedrin, the trial by Pontius Pilate, scourging, the mocking as […]
Pascha and the first three days of the week. On the first three days of the Holy Week Jesus left His last instructions to the Apostles and the rest of His pupils. Holy Monday is dedicated to the memory of Joseph, the youngest son of Jacob. Joseph was jaundiced by his brothers who tossed him […]
Orthodox Easter is approaching and we thought it would be a good time to do some articles on Pascha (Orthodox Easter). This will be a series of posts covering tradition and the meaning of Pascha for us Orthodox Christians. With these series of posts introducing our new author Effie Arvanitou. For the Orthodox Christians around […]
We announced before that we are going to feature several charities in our blog so we can increase awareness to the people that are in need. We’d like to present the charity organization “Pimp My Village foundation”. Do not be fooled by the name which is pretty provocative, due to the word Pimp. The name […]
Stressing for that Valentine’s Day Gift? Valentine’s Day is near and it’s time to go shop for a gift for that special person in your life. But that is not an easy task, so much choices, what is that perfect item. I am writing this post to tell you DON’T worry about it. This is […]
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