Orthodox Pentecost, also known as Whitsunday or Whit Sunday is a Christian holiday on which the Greek Orthodox Church commemorate the...

Labor day on the first of May in East Crete is also the Feast of the Flowers and the celebration of Spring. Many Greek families drive out...

Orthodox and especially Greek Easter (Pascha in Greek) is a tradition filled with wonderful spring season foods and traditions. It's the...

The people in Crete and all over Greece celebrate the 25th of March in fact a national and religious holiday. First there is the...

Get out your Kite and Sharpen your Appetite for Clean Monday. After the barbecue-festival of Tsiknopempti (Barbeque Thursday), this is...

You think it is too cold too jump into the water on January 6th? Don't worry as many brave Greeks will do it for you. On the January 6th...