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Greece: Spending Ash Monday in Athens

Greece: Spending Ash Monday in Athens

Greek Ash Monday My second visit to Athens, the capital city of Greece recently also landed on a public holiday.  Greek Easter is one week after the Christian Easter and although has some differences there are also some similarities . To celebrate Ash Monday (in […]

Athens Greece: Celebrating Ochi (“No”) Day

Athens Greece: Celebrating Ochi (“No”) Day

I was in Greece for the 28th October this year.  This day is a national holiday – Ochi Day or ‘No’ Day. In 1940 Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini ordered the Greek government under General Ioannis Metaxas to surrender.  General Metaxas said ‘Ochi’ or ‘No’ they […]