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Easter coinciding with the Catholics opens the best season – Greeks head to the villages, while foreigners go on city breaks and to the islands

Which Greek destinations top the list of preferences and how prices are shaping up – High occupancy in popular destinations – Increased arrivals of foreigners in Athens and Thessaloniki

Holy Week in the Monasteries of Greece: The Monastery of Theotokos of Kallipetra, which paid with blood the Revolution of the 21st century and the Macedonian Struggle

It is located southeast of Veria, where Vermio merges with the Pieria Mountains

A journey to the Monasteries of Greece: The Holy Monastery of Agathon

On the slopes of Mount Oeta, at an altitude of 550 meters, near Ypati, stands out the Holy Monastery of Agathonos

St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church: Myrofores for Holy Friday, April 18

The name “Myrofores” designates the Myrrh-bearing women who went to the tomb of Jesus Christ early on the first day of the week to complete the burial rites that were postponed for the Sabbath

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