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Sunday, April 16, 2017

A very holy war! Rival Greek churches celebrate Easter by firing ROCKETS at each other in a 150-year-old tradition

It's certainly more energetic than an egg hunt. These two rival parishes on the Greek island of Chios celebrate Easter Saturday by firing rockets at each other. Each year the Orthodox congregations of the Agios Markos (St Mark's) and Panagia Erithiani ...


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