2. Fat Thursday in Athens
• Greeks celebrate fat
Thursday 10 days before
Lent. In Greece, Greeks
celebrate by going to the
streets and eating large
quantities of meat, such
as souvlaki by grill. City
and town governments
set up grills in central
squares with music, too.
3. Fat Thursday in Athens
• “Tsiknopempti”
means “Thursday of
the smoke of grilled
meat”. Festivals of the
God Dionysus, with
ancient Greek origin,
take place in Greece
and marks the
beginning of the
Greek Orthodox
fasting period before
Easter.
