Kathara Deftera,” Greek for Clean Monday, commences the 40-day period of Great Lent, known as "Sarakosti" for the Greek Orthodox Church.

Clean Monday—the beginning of Lent among Orthodox Christians—is the day Greeks fly kites, symbolic of the Resurrection.

2025 marking the upcoming Clean Monday, the beginning of the Great Lent, 40 days ahead of Orthodox Easter.

The flour war celebrates Clean Monday – the beginning of the Greek Orthodox Lent. Like Pancake Day in Britain, this is a way of using up flour before fasting begins.

Showers over the weekend will be light and localized with no threat to the festivities, according to the forecast. However, ...