"Clean Monday (Greek: Καθαρά Δευτέρα), also known as Pure Monday, Ash Monday, Monday of Lent or (in Cyprus only) Green Monday (actually translated as such), is the first day of the Eastern Orthodox Christian and Eastern Catholic Great Lent. It is a movable feast that occurs at the beginning of the 7th week before Easter Sunday. Because of the differences between the Julian and Gregorian calendar, Clean Monday usually falls on different days. In 2007, those following the Gregorian calendar celebrated Clean Monday on February 4 while those following the Julian calendar celebrated on March 6."
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Monday, March 10, 2008
Clean Monday
Monday, February 19, 2007
Clean Monday
Today was Clean Monday or Kathara Deutera in Greek. It sees the start of the Greek Orthodox Lent and is marked by many different traditions. The most visible one is people flying kites, though this year the lack of strong winds meant that most of the them, at least in my neighbourhood, remained stubbornly grounded.
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