Σελίδα με φωτό από τον Άγιο – New page with photos from Agios Nikolaos

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Νεα σελίδα στην ενότητα των φωτογραφιών, με εικόνες από τον Άγιο, τραβηγμένες την Κυριακή του Πάσχα (19 Απριλίου).
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Visit a page with pictures from Agios Nikolaos which were shot the 19th of April, our Easter.

Πληροφορίες για το Ηράκλειο από το Δήμο – Infokiosks at Heraklion

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Ο Δήμος Ηρακλείου ξεκινάει έργο πληροφόρησης των τουριστών για την πόλη μέσω του δωρεάν ασύρματου δικτύου, και πολλά άλλα!

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As announced by the Mayor of Heraklion, a new project is under progress to install Infokiosks and screens in Heraklion that will provide information for the [...]

Γιορτάζοντας το Πάσχα – Easter Celebrations

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Not everybody fasts nowadays but all join the Easter Celebrations. Easter is a big Holyday in Greece and everybody leaves the cities to enjoy Spring, eat, drink, dance and sing!

Χριστός Ανέστη – He is Risen!

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On Saturday night, the service begins in darkness with the chanting of the Midnight Office. Afterwards, all remain in silence and darkness until the stroke of midnight. Then, the priest lights a single candle from the eternal flame on the altar (which is never extinguished). [...]

Μεγάλο Σαββάτο – Holy Saturday

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In the Divine Liturgy in the morning, we make noise to represent the earth quake that happened before Jesus’ Resurrection. This is the Proti Anastasi (First Resurrection) service, with just before the reading of the Gospel, the hangings and vestments and changed from dark lenten [...]

Μεγάλη Παρασκευή βράδυ – Good Friday evening

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After the Divine Litourgy, there is the tradition to take the Cross and Epitaphios around the main streets near each church. After that, at about 10:30 everybody goes to have fish food and vegetables and drink raki or ouzo.