To calculate the date of Clean Monday for Eastern Orthodox, start with the date of Eastern Orthodox Easter and count backward seven weeks. Eastern Orthodox Clean Monday is the Monday of that week. Over the years, the Maronites adopted the Western habit of distributing ashes on the first day of Lent, but since Great Lent began for the Maronites on Clean Monday rather than Ash Wednesday, they distributed the ashes on Clean Monday, and so they began to call the day Ash Monday.
Clean Monday is a reminder that we should begin Lent with good intentions and a desire to clean our spiritual house. Clean Monday is a day of strict fasting for Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox, including abstinence not only from meat but from eggs and dairy products as well. Ephrem the Syrian.
Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Oil and wine should be omitted too, except on a Saturday and Sunday. Even those who do not observe Lent will eat only Lenten food that is prepared especially for Clean Monday. On Hydra, everyone meets up at favourite tavernas for lunch followed by a walk in the countryside for some traditional kite flying. It is a national holiday across Greece today and special events and activities would take place in all towns and villages.
There is usually music, dancing and delicious vegetarian food, marking the start of this special Greek Orthodox period of fasting and contemplation. Unfortunately due to the covid pandemic and lockdown, this is not allowed to happen this year.
During Saracosti, no meat or dairy food are eaten. Its taste is hearty and it is often accompanied by salted sardines. Halva: this is the most common dessert during the Lent period. The recipe of Halva originates from the Middle East, but it is common in the Balkans, as well.
There are two types of recipes: the first one consists of semolina pudding and raisins and the second one is made out of sesame tahini. The second one is the choice for Clean Monday, as it does not contain olive oil, butter or eggs. In general, Greeks prefer to go out in the countryside to fly a kite and enjoy a picnic meal outdoors. Of course some people prefer to stay at home, or going to a taverna or restaurant.
But in some particular places in Greece, they have special celebrations that take place during this day. Vonitsa is a small town in mainland Greece, near Preveza city. The story goes, that there was once a young fisherman called Gligoris, who renounced the sea and chose to live his life in the mainland. The villagers did not agree with his decision and wanted to punish him. So, every Clean Monday people make an effigy of Gligory out of straw, they tie him with a horse and carry him around the whole village.
At the end of the day, they throw the model of Gligoris in a burning boat and let it loose. This is a small village, near the city of Xanthi in the north-eastern part of Greece. On Clean Monday, in the main square of this village, where all people gather to eat and fly kites, some people stand dressed up and ready for mischief. Their mission is to smudge all the visitors with coil.
The reason for this tradition is in order to force the people to be dressed up. This tradition originates from the Turkish occupation years. All this of course happens in a humoristic way and entertains the visitors, as well as benefits the work of the center. All the fires should remain alive until Clean Monday. People gather together four days before the carnival and collect the wood needed.
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