Culinary Backstreets | Greek Easter Week, Dish by Dish Culinary Backstreets After Greek Orthodox Lent, which lasts for 40 days starting on Lent Monday, Greece observes Holy Week, which leads up to Easter. (Orthodox and Western Easter only rarely fall on the same day, and the date of Orthodox Easter – which is May 5 this year ... Sunday marks Greek Orthodox Easter Greek Orthodox congregation gets ready for Easter Greek Orthodox patriarch washes the feet of bishops |