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...

Tsiknopempti, literally 'Thursday of the Smoke of Grilled Meat', is part of the traditional celebrations for the Carnival season in...

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...

New Year's Day, January 1st, is a Bank Holiday in Greece. The day of Saint Basil (one of the forefathers of the Greek Orthodox Church) or...