During Easter Holidays I was very bussy.  On Monday and Tusday I helped my mother to clean the house.

On Wednesday I went shopping with my mother to buy presents for my cousins and Easter eggs. On Thursday I went to the church and then together with my friends we decorated Epitafios.

On Friday we made the cheese pies (Flaounes) with my mother and grandmother. We also dyed hardboiled eggs in red colour. On Friday evening we went to the church. Epitafios was carried around the streets and we were very lucky as they passed in front of our house.

On Easter Saturday church bells started ringing at 11:00 pm. We went to the church to celebrate Chirst's resurrection. At midnight we lit our Easter candles. Behind the church there was a bonfire lit were Judas was burned. Also there were fireworks, sparklers and firecrackers.

After the church we went home and we ate egg and lemon soup and cracked red-dyed eggs.

On Easter Sunday we have invited my aunts, ancles, cousins and grantparents to our house for lunch. We have cooked stuffed vine leaves (koupepia), pasta (pastitsio) and we roasted a whole lump.

After lunch we all went to the church yard for playing traditional games like pulling the rope, swings, songs and traditional dances.

According to our tradition for 40 days after Easter when we meet people we greet each other with Christos Anesti (Christ has arisen) and Alithos Anesti (indeed he has arisen).

I really enjoyed my Easter holidays!

Andrea Georgiou