{"id":10102,"date":"2020-03-10T19:36:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T17:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/byzantine-easter-in-the-castle-towns-of-moria\/"},"modified":"2020-03-10T19:36:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T17:36:29","slug":"byzantine-easter-in-the-castle-towns-of-moria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/byzantine-easter-in-the-castle-towns-of-moria\/","title":{"rendered":"Byzantine Easter in the castle towns of Moria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Castles of a bygone era that still retain their glamour, churches and monasteries of special architecture are filled with the scents of spring, incense and chanting. The Byzantine aura of Mistra, the capital of the Morea and the medieval air of Monemvasia, the &#8220;Gibraltar of the East&#8221;, create the ideal solemn atmosphere for Holy Week and the great feast of Orthodoxy, the Resurrection of the Lord. A setting filled with the colours, the scents of nature and two enchanting landscapes of the Peloponnese.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-835\" src=\"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1364901668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1364901668.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1364901668-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1364901668-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Monemvasia<br \/>\nA refuge for the inhabitants of the region during the raids of the barbarians, the castle town of Monemvasia is the most well-preserved and full of vitality in the country. As the sun disappears into the horizon of the Aegean Sea and &#8220;paints&#8221; the rock of Monemvasia with orange-red colours, the procession of the Epitaph begins from the church of Elkomenos Christos. In an atmosphere of deep reverence and emotion, we follow the procession to the church of . On the night of the Resurrection, the bells of the Church of the Hopeful Christ ring joyfully at the sound of &#8220;Christ is Risen&#8221;, without a single firecracker disturbing the solemn and peaceful service.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-831\" src=\"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1181952610.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1181952610.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1181952610-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1181952610-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mystras<br \/>\nAt the top of the hill, the fortress of Mistra, with its magnificent view of the valley of Eurotas, encloses the whole history of a place that dominated the region for over three centuries. There we find temples of unique architectural interest, the palaces of the Palaiologos and Byzantine residences. It was from here that the last emperor of Byzantium, Constantine Palaiologos, set out for Constantinople. With the illuminated castle as a backdrop, we will follow the solemn procession of the Epitaph in the alleys of the village while on Easter Monday we ascend to the monastery of Panagia Pantanassa, the only one that gives life to the once glorious castle town, where the hospitable nuns welcome visitors with red eggs and all kinds of treats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Castles of a bygone era that still retain their glamour, churches and monasteries of special architecture are filled with the scents of spring, incense and chanting. The Byzantine aura of Mistra, the capital of the Morea and the medieval air of Monemvasia, the &#8220;Gibraltar of the East&#8221;, create the ideal solemn atmosphere for Holy Week&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,27,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thematikos-tourismos-en","category-mi-katigoriopoiimeno","category-proorismi-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}