{"id":131063,"date":"2017-04-21T20:44:37","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T23:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missoeshumanitarias.org\/greece-mission-holy-week-and-easter\/"},"modified":"2017-04-21T20:44:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T23:44:37","slug":"greece-mission-holy-week-and-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missoeshumanitarias.org\/en\/greece-mission-holy-week-and-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece Mission \u2013 Holy Week and Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, 11 thru Sunday, 16<\/strong><\/p>\n

Events of Easter<\/strong>
\nDuring the whole Holy Week, the missionaries accompanied, via internet, the transmission of the events held in the Marian Center<\/a> of Figueira.<\/p>\n

On Friday, 14, invited by an orthodox church of Athens, the group of missionaries of the Fraternidade \u2013 International Humanitarian<\/strong> Federation, accompanied the activities related to the Passion of Christ. A procession on the streets of the city of Athens was made, where passages of the life of Christ were enacted by children during several parts of the trajectory. The event ended with the celebration of a special liturgy of Good Friday in the orthodox church.<\/p>\n

After the event, the group helped the organizers store all the material and scenery used.<\/p>\n

On Holy Saturday, the Missionaries of Charity of Mother Teresa of Calcutta invited the missionaries of the Fraternidade to participate in a mass in Saint George\u2019s church. The missionaries accompanied the sacrament of baptism of several people, then they participated in the mass. Then they all went to celebrate the arrival of Easter in the place where the Missionaries of Charity stay. At midnight of Saturday to Sunday the arrival of Easter was celebrated.<\/p>\n

During Easter Sunday, the group participated in the fraternizations with the priest of the orthodox church and his family members.<\/p>\n