HOLY
WEEK AND EASTER CUSTOMS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
This year like all previous years, we follow the Greek customs of Holy Week, and we are managing rather well on the practical side, e.g. we dye Easter eggs, bake koulourakia, tsourekia and meringues, and we, promptly, purchase the traditional baby lamb and other essentials for the Easter feast.
On the human side, we are unhappy because we must to go to church and desperate because, we are not allowed to meet with our cherished family and dear friends, due to the coronavirus. A sad, lonely Holy Week and an even sadder and lonelier Easter. We stay at home and wash our hands meticulously to protect our loved ones and
ourselves from this unheard of, ghastly disease which is killing thousands of innocent people, all over the world. It genuinely resembles a fatal world war.
Fortunately, encouraging news are circulating that a vaccine is being widely tested in China, so hopefully, this terrible, unprecedented plague will soon be vanquished.
Simultaneously, the world is experiencing a very serious credit crunch, due to this disease, which resembles an economic thunderstorm, where churches, schools, banks, pharmacies, hotels, restaurants and various kinds of shops are closed, while millions of people have, unfairly, lost their jobs. Experts say that this serious, deep depression will last for, at least, two to three more years, after the extinction of the coronavirus.
This outbreak has become one of the greatest threats to the global economy and has rocked markets worldwide, with stock markets and bond yields plunging. This has obviously induced a great panic that could further weaken the world economy, or even worse, cause a worldwide financial halt.
Please forgive me, dear Reader, for jumping from Easter customs to the economic collapse, but we are all very concerned about this severe financial slump and the unlikely future. So let us all be very patient and optimistic for better days that surely lie ahead.
(I wish to thank the Greek and international press and Tv stations for the valuable information for this post,)
Fortunately, encouraging news are circulating that a vaccine is being widely tested in China, so hopefully, this terrible, unprecedented plague will soon be vanquished.
Simultaneously, the world is experiencing a very serious credit crunch, due to this disease, which resembles an economic thunderstorm, where churches, schools, banks, pharmacies, hotels, restaurants and various kinds of shops are closed, while millions of people have, unfairly, lost their jobs. Experts say that this serious, deep depression will last for, at least, two to three more years, after the extinction of the coronavirus.
This outbreak has become one of the greatest threats to the global economy and has rocked markets worldwide, with stock markets and bond yields plunging. This has obviously induced a great panic that could further weaken the world economy, or even worse, cause a worldwide financial halt.
Please forgive me, dear Reader, for jumping from Easter customs to the economic collapse, but we are all very concerned about this severe financial slump and the unlikely future. So let us all be very patient and optimistic for better days that surely lie ahead.
(I wish to thank the Greek and international press and Tv stations for the valuable information for this post,)
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| Lilacs in a Vase by Tina |
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