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When Turkey occupied Chios in the late 1800s, the Greeks weren’t allowed to celebrate Easter so St. Markos and Panagia Erithiani churches in the village of Vrontado came up with a cunning plan. They staged a fake rocket war with cannons and fireworks that is practised to this very day.

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When Turkey occupied Chios in the late 1800s, the Greeks weren’t allowed to celebrate Easter so St. Markos and Panagia Erithiani churches in the village of Vrontado came up with a cunning plan. They staged a fake rocket war with cannons and fireworks that is practised to this very day.

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