The first full day of Lent for churches using the "old calendar" to calculate the date of Easter is Monday, March 18. In the Eastern Christian tradition, this day is known as "Clean Monday" — and it ...

Clean Monday is one of the most popular Greek and Christian holidays that is celebrated not only in Greece but the nearby island of Cyprus. 'Clean Monday' comes from the idea and belief that to start ...

Every day this week Will Butler is writing and recording a song based on a story from British newspaper The Guardian. The first of those songs is “Clean Monday,” a song about the Greek debt crisis ...

People fly kites on the occasion of Clean Monday in Athens, Greece, on March 18, 2024.(Photo: Xinhua) A woman flies a kite on the occasion of Clean Monday in Athens, Greece, on March 18, 2024.(Photo: ...

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A man flies a kite on the occasion of Clean Monday at Filopappou Hill in Athens, Greece, on Feb. 27, 2023.(Photo: Xinhua) A man tries to fly a kite on the occasion of Clean Monday at Filopappou Hill ...

Clean Monday marks the transition from Carnival to the beginning of Lent, a period of spiritual purification in preparation for the solemnity of Orthodox Easter, and kites have been an essential part ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Colorful kites danced in the skies above the hilltops and seafront promenades of Athens on Clean Monday as Greeks turned out to celebrate the Eastern Christian holiday in their ...