Greek customs for New Year
Culture
Celebrate the New Year in Traditional Greek Style
The city of Athens will welcome the New Year with live music at Syntagma Square on Saturday night and an all-night party with DJs at the Varvakeios Municipal Market.
Festivities at Syntagma Square will start at 22:30, where...
Food
Savory Vasilopita Appetizers: A Unique Recipe by Giorgio Pintzas Monzani
You can't deny it, we all have Vasilopita leftovers every year that we don't know how to use, so why not create some savory Vasilopita appetizers? Instead of letting them become dried out, and regretting letting this happen each...
Greece
Traditional Greek Dishes For Your New Year's Eve Feast
The Greek table for the New Year celebrations is made of dishes shaped by regional traditions and customs coming from all over Greece. In fact, there's no other celebration in the Greek calendar carrying such a deep symbolism, since...
Culture
Greek Customs to Welcome the New Year
Good luck, prosperity, good health and longevity are the best and most common wishes marking the first day of the New Year among family members, and friends. Just before the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, the lights...