Easter in Greece Made by Georgianna Kokota

In Greece, the egg honors the blood of Jesus.There are outdoor banquets on Easter Sunday. The feast of barbequed lamb, eggs, bread, salads, and Easter cake is spread on long tables for everyone to enjoy. In Greece people carry around a brightly colored egg on Easter Sunday. When they meet another person they knock their eggs together and say, "Christ is risen".

The main food and symbol of Greek Easter is lamb. We eat lamb after roasting it for hours. The main food and symbol of Greek Easter is lamb. We eat lamb after roasting it for hours.

Greeks eat a round, flat loaf marked with a cross that is decorated with red Easter eggs called Christopsomon.

In Great Sunday the residents of Corfu fill some pitchers made of clay with water and throw them out of the balconies. In that way they keep the bad spirits away.

In Lefkas the housewives throw their pitches while the Philharmonic Orchestra accompanies the spectacle with traditional rythms.

In Chios people have a dangerous custom. They throw rockets which create beautiful shapes in the sky.

In Crete the habitants prepare a pack of sticks and burn Iouda.