希臘睇真D 2 - Orthodox and Lent Monday

希臘人有百分之九＋七是東正教徙, 同天主教徒般, 以教會為中心,

甚至比天主教徒更保守更依賴宗教, 所以東正教堂就好似便利店,

梗有一間係左近,其餘的也有穆斯林教徒, 天主教徒, 猶太教等,

而復活節比聖誕節更加重要, 復活節四＋天前全城出動守齊,

基本上不吃肉及乳製品, 甚至半胞狀態, 由於我倆留希臘期間,

便親身體驗當地人嚴守齊, 這段期間, 教徙大多不大上餐廳,

下午以三文治充饑, 而鮮魚及八瓜魚好搶手,

 The Greek population is composed of a 97% of Christian Orthodox. The rest of the population is Muslim, Roman Catholic and Jewish. Greece and Russia are the only countries to have such a great proportion of people that belong to the Orthodox Church.

Easter is the most important religious festival in Greece and Holy week is a time for Greek families to reunite. 40 days before the Easter, religious Greeks abstain from eating food containing meat and dairy. These dishes are called nistisima which makes full use of the spring vegetables. Nistisima are tasty enough to be prepared even by Greeks who don’t strictly follow this period of abstinence. During Lent, most restaurants will have at least a couple of nistisima dishes. However, squids and octopus is not on the forbidden list.
So the Greek has already started the Lent, I did not see too many people go to restaurant in midday. I lot of them take sandwiches.

I went into one of the most beautiful Orthodox Church in the city
which is called Ag Triada in Pireas
Plenty of Icons and Paintings are placed inside the Orthodox church.
希臘人會去吻每一張相片上耶穌的腳，
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the Dome ceiling of the Church

東正教對水晶晶來說＋分神秘, 教士們(神父) 穿黑長衣縛,

跟據東正教歷史, 第一個來希臘傳教的是聖保祿,

當時是君士坦丁大帝年代, 大帝見到＋字架後轉信基督 (天主教徒)。

後來羅馬的教主與君士坦丁大帝因為理念不同, 發生很多爭論,

最大不同君士坦丁大帝主張修士可以有自己的家庭,

而羅馬的教主一直堅持修士必須要把 用純潔的心靈奉憲給上帝, 

必須獨身,所以大家後來分道揚鑣, 各行各路, 各施各法ｏ

有興趣可以慢慢睇下邊來自 Wikipiedi 節錄
According to history of Orthodoxy, the first who came to Greek to preach Christianity was
St Paul in 49 AD. But, the real founder of Orthodoxy was the Emperor Constantine the Great. According to history, Constantine was converted to Christianity in the 4th century after a vision of the cross.


How Greek Orthodox church appeared
By the 8th century, the Pope of Rome and the patriarch of Constantinople started to argue on many points. Some of the many differences of opinion opposing the spirituals chiefs are: the celibacy of the clergy (priests in Rome had to be celibate whereas the orthodox priests could marry before becoming ordained), some differences in the way of fasting or over the wording of the Creed: for the Orthodox the Holy Spirit proceeds “from the Father” whereas Rome added “and the Son”.



The Schism   
The many disputes and opposition between the spiritual chiefs of the Orthodoxy and Catholicism became more and more intense and, in 1054, the Patriarch and the Pope excommunicated one another. The Orthodox Church (Eastern, Greek/Russian) and the Roman Catholic Church took their own way: this separation is called the schism.
the Father” whereas Rome added “and the Son”. That is how the "Greek Orthodox Church" appeared.
Greece and Orthodoxy are closely connected due to the country’s historical past. During the Ottoman rule, from 1453 to 1821, the Orthodox religion and its priests were an important element for the conservation and the definition of the Greek Nationality. During the several occupations, the Orthodox Church made a great effort to preserve the Greek language, culture and traditions and, of course, the Orthodox faith. They managed to preserve the religious conscience and the feeling of affiliation into a unit. Orthodoxy is less an institution than a feeling and that sentiment is not only expressed by the population but also by the public powers.

Plenty of Icons and Paintings are placed inside the Orthodox church.
希臘人會去吻每一張相片上耶穌的腳，