Tomorrow is Clean Monday or "Kathara Deutera" in Greek, which is a feast that is the beginning of the Great Lent, according to the Greek Orthodox Church. It is celebrated after the end of Carnaval, and as the name suggests it signifies the transition from feasting to fasting.
On Clean Monday the devout stop eating meat, fish, cheese, and drinking milk and start eating vegetables, pulses, octopuses, and calamari cooked according to gourmet recipes.
Clean Monday although it is a religious holiday, remains a feast There is a variety of symbols and customs that have their roots in pagan antiquity. Families gather together, enjoying each other's company, children fly kites and all enjoy eating gourmet Lenten dishes!
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