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Corfu Easter
Κερκυραϊκό Πάσχα
Corfu Town, Greece
Apr 25 - May 2, 2027ExpectedSource
All through Holy Week, Corfu Town glows with candlelit processions, marching brass bands, and prayers for its patron saint. Then on Saturday morning the whole island throws big clay pots from its windows and balconies, and the streets fill with the happy crash of breaking pottery to welcome Easter.
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Corfu Town, Ionian Islands, Greece
Corfu Town, Greece
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Corfu Easter
Κερκυραϊκό Πάσχα
Corfu Town, Greece
All through Holy Week, Corfu Town glows with candlelit processions, marching brass bands, and prayers for its patron saint. Then on Saturday morning the whole island throws big clay pots from its windows and balconies, and the streets fill with the happy crash of breaking pottery to welcome Easter.
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Apr 25 - May 2, 2027Expected dates
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About Corfu Easter
Corfu Easter is the city‑wide Holy Week and Easter celebration of Corfu Town, marked by the Saint Spyridon litanies, candlelit Good Friday Epitaphios processions accompanied by philharmonic bands, the Holy Saturday 09:00 litany with the Saint’s shrine and Epitaphios, the famous 11:00 Botides (pot‑throwing), the Mastela custom in Pínia, the midnight Resurrection at the Upper Square (Spianada) with fireworks, and the parallel observance of Catholic and Orth...
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Corfu Easter is the city‑wide Holy Week and Easter celebration of Corfu Town, marked by the Saint Spyridon litanies, candlelit Good Friday Epitaphios processions accompanied by philharmonic bands, the Holy Saturday 09:00 litany with the Saint’s shrine and Epitaphios, the famous 11:00 Botides (pot‑throwing), the Mastela custom in Pínia, the midnight Resurrection at the Upper Square (Spianada) with fireworks, and the parallel o...
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