This document provides information about a Greek school's participation in an eTwinning program called "Easter in my Country". The 4th grade class will make Paschal cards to exchange with partner schools and create a video sharing Easter traditions. The program involved schools from Poland, Romania, Italy, Greece, Serbia, Croatia, Germany and Turkey. The document then describes Greek Easter traditions like fasting during Holy Week, dyeing eggs on Holy Thursday, evening church services on Holy Friday carrying epitaphs and midnight fireworks on Holy Saturday announcing the resurrection of Christ.

1. 11ο Δ.Σχ. Π.Φαλήρου
ΔΤάξη
Υπεύθυνη προγράμματος : Μαρίνα Σπηλιώτη ΠΕ 06

2. Easter in my country
Τίτλος προγράμματος

3. Ενημερωτικό σημείωμα.
 Το eTwinning είναι η κοινότητα σχολείων της Ευρώπης που
επικοινωνούν, συνεργάζονται και διεξάγουν εκπαιδευτικά έργα.
Η δράση eTwinning, που αποτελεί μέρος του προγράμματος
Erasmus+, προωθεί τη σχολική συνεργασία στην Ευρώπη, μέσω
της χρήσης τωνΤεχνολογιών Πληροφορίας και Επικοινωνιών
(ΤΠΕ).
 Η Δ’ τάξη του σχολείου μας συμμετέχει στο Ευρωπαϊκό
πρόγραμμα eTwinning με θέμα «Easter in my country” – ‘Το
Πάσχα στη χώρα μου’. Οι δραστηριότητες που θα κάνουμε είναι
η κατασκευή πασχαλινών καρτών, τις οποίες θα ανταλλάξουμε
με τα υπόλοιπα σχολεία που συνεργαζόμαστε και η δημιουργία
βίντεο με ανταλλαγή ευχών και πληροφοριών για το Πάσχα στην
κάθε χώρα.Το βίντεο και οι φωτογραφίες από τις
δραστηριότητες θα αναρτηθούν στην πλατφόρμα του eTwinning

4. Χώρες που συμμετείχαν
Πολωνία
Ρουμανία
Ιταλία
Ελλάδα
Σερβία
Κροατία
Γερμανία
Τουρκία

9. Ανάρτηση καρτών στον σχολικό πίνακα

10. Εδώ θα δείτε το video μας
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsXjyIMvWhU

12. EASTER IN MY COUNTRY
GREECE
This year, it’s on 1st May

13. The Holly Week
It is the last week of Lent and people
remember the last week of Jesus’ life.
People go to church to attend the Holly
Mass. On Holly Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday people also prepare their homes
and their villages for the big celebration.

14. People whitewash their houses and the
churches especially in villages and on the
islands

15. During Holly week people don’t eat meat or dairy
products.They fast.
We eat seafood and pulse.

16. Holly Thursday
It is a very important day.
We remember the day of
the Last Super and the
moment when Christ was
arrested and crucified.
On this day people dye eggs
red to symbolize the blood
of Christ and the renewal of
life.

17. Easter goodies
We also bake
special Easter
cookies. We call
them ‘koulourakia’.
We also bake
special sweet
bread called
‘tsoureki’. They are
delicious!!!

18. On Holly Thursday
People mourn, they
are very sad.
Church services
are held around
the country and
there is a
representation of
the Crucification.

19. People go to
church light
candles and say
prayers.

20. At night when the
church service
finishes women and
girls stay at the
church and
prepare the
‘epitaph’ for the
next day, Good
Friday.

21. At night when the
church service
finishes women and
girls stay at the
church and
prepare the
‘epitaph’ for the
next day, Good
Friday.

22. in different
neighborhoods people
go around the
churches to see the
‘epitaphs’ and see
which one is the best.
People also bring
flowers to church for
the decoration.
Churches smell so
beautiful on this day!

23. Women and girls decorate the ‘epitaphs’

24. Holly Friday
In the morning
service the figure
of Christ is
removed from the
cross and is placed
on the epitaph.
The church bells
toll all day.

26. Late at night
people carry the
‘epitaph’ around
the neighborhood,
they hold candles
in yellow colour –it
symbolizes the
grief.

27. The procession
through the
small streets of
the islands and
the villages.The
atmosphere is
great!

28. There are special
customs in
different places
around Greece.
Here the holly
service of this day
takes place …in the
water.

29. street
decorations on a
Greek island .

30. Late at night, crowds
of people arrive at
every church in the
country. Shortly
before midnight, lights
in the church go out
and bells start to toll
to announce Christ’s
resurrection. People
light their colourful
candles and loud
fireworks go off…

31. children are very happy!

33. On the island of Chios
there are two
churches on two hills
facing each other. On
the night of the
‘Resurrection’ there is
a firework ‘war’
between the two
parishes and the view
is spectacular …but
dangerous ,too.

34. at the town of
Leonidio people
make lanterns and
let them in the
sky!

35. Easter Sunday
Although people sleep very late on Saturday night, they get
up early on Sunday morning to prepare the lamb to be
roasted on the spit. Along with the lamb ‘kokoretsi’ is also
cooked. ”kokoretsi’ is seasoned pieces of lamb meat and liver
wrapped in offal.The smell of barbequed meat spreads
around and people eat and drink all day long.

40. HAPPY EASTER
ΚΑΛΟ ΠΑΣΧΑ
from the students of D class
11th primary school of P.Faliro,
Greece and their teacher.
Selection of pictures from the
internet was made by the
students. The text was
written in Greek by the
students and translation was
made by the teacher.