The start of Lent brings fasting, prayers, and almsgiving for Christians around the world, but in many Orthodox cultures, it also signals a deeper kind of cleansing, one that extends beyond the ...
The start of Lent brings fasting, prayers, and almsgiving for Christians around the world, but in many Orthodox cultures, it also signals a deeper kind of cleansing, one that extends beyond the ...
Revelers take part in the annual flour war marking the end of the Carnival season on Clean Monday in Galaxidi, about 200 kilometers (120 miles) west of Athens, Monday Feb. 23, 2026, starting the ...
Greece turns colourful in Galaxidi each Clean Monday as the seaside town stages its annual flour war. By midday the coastal road is thick with dyed flour. Residents and visitors throw bags at each ...