{"id":230399,"date":"2019-03-14T16:29:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T14:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=230399"},"modified":"2019-03-14T16:29:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T14:29:35","slug":"kathara-deftera-national-holiday-across-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/kathara-deftera-national-holiday-across-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathara Deftera, National Holiday across Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Clean Monday (Kathara Deftera), a public holiday in Greece, is the first day of Great Lent in the Greek Orthodox Church. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This first day of Great Lent is called &#8220;Clean Monday&#8221; because Christians should begin the holy season with \u201eclean hearts and good intentions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clean Monday is a day where families and friends celebrate with outdoor excursions, delicious fasting foods, as well as the widespread custom of flying kites.<\/p>\n<p>By sending a kite up, man tries to communicate with God. 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