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An Island Divided Over 'The Rocket War of Chios'

The rocket war of Chios has been taking place on the Greek island for more than 200 hundred years. One of the most beautiful Easter spectacles in Greece is also a dangerous one, and many locals are opposed to the "war"...

Watch 'The Rocket War of Chios' Brand New Short Documentary

  This Easter Greek Reporter filmed the 200-hundred-year old custom on the Greek island of Chios where two churches engage in an unprecedented rocket war to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The parishioners of two rival churches, St. Mark’s and...

A Crazy Easter Tradition: The Rocket War of Chios (video)

On the Greek island of Chios the locals have a tradition to spice things up for Easter. Besides the traditional egg cracking and conventional fireworks, a rocket war takes place between two local churches during the divine liturgy of...

Chios Island Marked Easter With Spectacular Rocket War

The rocket war, one of the most beautiful, spectacular and yet dangerous Easter spectacles of Greece, revived on Saturday night on Chios.

Spectacular Annual Chios Rocket War Under Threat as Organizers Fold

The organization which keeps alive the 200-year-old custom of the "Rocket War" on the Greek island of Chios announced on Thursday it is closing up shop for good. The organization "Friends of Vrontados Traditions" said in a statement that it...

Greece's Chios Braced for Traditional Easter Rocket War (video)

The rocket war, one of the most beautiful and dangerous Easter spectacles in Greece, will be revived on Saturday evening on the island of Chios. Groups at the village of Vrodados say they have struck an agreement with the local...

Austerity In Chios Rocket War

Vice Mayor of the Municipality of Homeroupolis, Nikos Nyktas, announced a 40 percent reduction in the number of rockets to be fired at the traditional Rocket War (Rouketopolemos) in relation to 2012. The announcement was made during a press conference...

If Your Easter Wasn't Exciting Enough Take a Look at the Rocket War of Vrontados, Chios

On the Greek island of Chios the locals have a tradition to spice things up for Easter. Besides the traditional egg cracking and conventional fireworks, a rocket war takes place between two local churches during the divine liturgy...

Impressive Scenes as Waterspout Touches Down on Chios Island (video)

A sea tornado, or waterspout, was spotted in the early hours of Friday morning off the coast of Chios Island in Greece. The spectacular scene captured the attention of many people on the island, who tried to record it in...

Make a Mastiha Cocktail and Win a Trip to Chios!

Local growers on Chios, the fifth largest of the Greek islands, are famous for their mastiha production. The plant, that only grows there, has been nurtured by these people for thousands of years. Mastiha World -- the growers' mastiha...

Greek Island Will Celebrate Easter Without Rocket War [video]

On the Greek island of Chios the locals have a tradition to fire up (literally) the Easter celebration by holding the famous Vrontados "Rocket War" for years. However, this Easter locals of the Vrontados village decided to call a...

Most Surreal Easter Celebrations Take Place in Chios

In Vrontados a village on the Greek island of Chios residents organize a yearly fake rocket war, between two churches, Agios Markos and Panagia Erithiani. TIME magazine journalist Olivier Laurent was impressed with the old Greek tradition, publishing an...

BBC Holds a Story on Greek 'Rocket War' Custom (video)

The traditional firework face-off between the two opposing parishes of Aghios Markos and Panagia Ereithiani on the Greek island of Chios, an Easter event known in Greece as rouketopolemos (literally 'rocket war'), once again both lit up and clouded the night sky...

Rocket Easter of Chios Advertised in Turkey

According to the Greek daily Dimokratia, the coasts of Turkey have been teeming with posters lately advertising the Greek Easter on the island of Chios. Typical Greek Easter breads (tsourekia), red dyed eggs, white and blue churches as well...

Greek Easter Traditions and Customs Across Greece

Greek Easter is full of ancient traditions and customs, followed faithfully throughout the millennia, making the feast a colorful one.