Greek Easter

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How is Greek Easter calculated?" This is the fun one - the day is governed by these three main conditions:

·         It must be based on the Julian calendar, not the Gregorian calendar;

·         It must be after the Jewish holiday of Passover;

·         It must be on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox, which for this purpose is fixed as March 21st.

Easter Dates

2014 - Easter Sunday - April 20th (same)
2015 - Easter Sunday - April 12th
2016 - Easter Sunday - May 1st
2017 - Easter Sunday - April 16th (same)
2018 - Easter Sunday - April 8th
2019 - Easter Sunday - April 28th
2020 - Easter Sunday - April 19th
2021 - Easter Sunday - May 2nd
2022 - Easter Sunday - April 24th
2023 - Easter Sunday - April 16th

2024 - Easter Sunday - May 5th

The celebration of Greek Orthodox Easter is filled with rich and colorful Easter traditions, including the decorating of the epitaphios, building bonfires, shooting off fireworks at midnight, and enjoying a feast of lamb.

OUR VILLAGE ASKLIPIO

OUR VILLAGE ASKLIPIO

Welcome to the first of our village reviews, featuring accommodation, eateries and history.

Should you be staying at the many Hotels, Guest houses, Apartments or B&B’s in the area or surrounds it is always good to get out and see the beauty of the country and sample the local fare.

Our first village to be featured in Southern Rhodes is Asklipio, to get to the village you have to be travelling along the Lindos-Gennadi road and at the intersection with Kiotari you travel up towards Asklipio.

The village is renowned for its beautiful traditional houses and Byzantine church, the church of the Domitian was originally built in 1066 and next door to the church a museum of the local produce, ”olive oil”. Moving further up from the church square you go up to the remains of a medieval castle built for and by the crusades, this can either be walked or driven up dependant on your fitness level. As you ascend the slope towards the castle many varieties of herbs grow on the sides of the road and or pathways these include Oregano and sage both used in medieval medicine hence the name Asklipio “Place of healing” Asklipio is not only renowned for its, beauty and friendly villages it also has some of the best local fare found on Rhodes island. Just off the square you find Nikolas’ traditional Greek food and Sylvia’s Greek Food and Merkouri Cafe/Snack bar all highly recommended. Then just further into the village you find Stamatis Cafe/snack bar. Then as you enter the village to the right you will find Agapitos Cafe / Restaurant. During the season I will be featuring them separately to get the full rating. But all are recommended by this blog and blogger.