Easter in Greece
Easter is considered the biggest holiday in Greece, the preparation for which begins 40 days earlier at the beginning of Lent. Lent is the time of fasting and praying in spiritual and physical preparation for the celebration of Easter, or “Pascha”, when Christ, the perfect paschal Lamb of God was sacrificed for the sins of many. 
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Easter traditions in Slovakia
Whips and water: Easter in Slovakia
"Women hate Easter, men love it," says one Slovak ethnographer.
Easter morning was always stressful for a Slovak girl. Her father woke her at 6:00 a.m. by pouring cold water on her face, and for the next six hours, young men would come to her flat or house, drag her outside, douse her with buckets of water and whip her with wicker sticks. 