The Greeks, including Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, celebrated on Good Friday. The Orthodox celebrate Easter this Sunday, April 12, one week after the other Christians. A date linked to the Julian calendar, not the Gregorian.
In Athens, several hundred people attended the procession of the epitaph which symbolizes Jesus' tomb. Easter is particularly important in Greece. A darkened festival in recent years by the economic crisis.
"We had a difficult time. It is a symbolic day, if we have faith, we can succeed, hoping for a Greek. We must give a chance to our new government, but foreigners, our partners must give us a chance too. I think everything will be fine. "
"At Easter, Orthodox Christians feel great sadness and great joy, crucifixion and resurrection our correspondent said yesterday Apostolos Staïkos. But the economic crisis has given a new dimension to this religious celebration. In recent years, the Greeks felt that they only felt the crucifixion, and they expected a resurrection that would never come. "
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