On Good Friday (Μεγάλη Παρασκευή) everybody has to fast and go to church to see the epitaph, which has been decorated by young girls and women of the local community. They use fresh spring flowers like roses and violets and this habit comes from the ancient times, when girls and women used to decorate dead Adonis’ corpse with flowers and mourn for three days.
In our town about ten epitaphs from the most important churches (St. Nicholas, St. Constantine, Metamorphosis, etc.) meet in the centre of the promenade, by the sea, and it’s very impressive to watch the ceremony with all these priests and bands playing sad marshes and thousands of people following with their lit candles in their hands.
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