Newsletter_May_June

Welcome to the May/Jun 06 newsletter from Cretan-homes. com

Firstly, we would like to welcome Jackie Stevens to our team. Jackie has been living in Makrigialos for many years and is more local than Yiannis! We are delighted she has joined us and we welcome her on board.

This month sees Easter hit Crete. Once again the year unfolds with the special religious ceremony and the cries of Kali Anastasti (Good asunsion) to all.

Olimpia has good news for us from the charity Crete for Life, she is getting ready to have ten children over from Belarus from the 16th of June, so all help is welcome. Click here for more details.

Carol Paliodaki from 'living in crete' updates us with what to expect over Easter and how each day unfolds. Look below for more details.

Yiannis Samatas, with his great monthly newspaper The Crete Gazette, has some good ideas as to where to go this Easter, so click here to read the latest edition.

Ann Lisney's column this month is all about her Cretan Easter so read her article below. If you wish to contact Ann, do drop us a mail.

Tom and Julia Feise tell us what to look for these months, so look at their latest article below. They are also selling a beautiful flora calendar and details can be found on their web site.

Although we constantly update the web site, we also have many properties not advertised, so keep checking in, or mailing us and as always; any information or comments are very much appreciated!

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What's happening in Crete 26th March 2006 , from today Chania airport will be open 24 hours a day, for the summer season. It is the first time that night flights will be allowed into the airport - previously the airport closed between midnight and 6 am and no flights were allowed to land or take off during this time. The biggest holiday in Greece is Easter. ‘ Clean Monday’ is a bank holiday and marks the start of Lent and 40 days of fasting, being the exclusion of meat, eggs, oil and dairy products). Holy Week - starts Monday 17th April in 2006 The week leading up to Easter is ‘Holy Week’ ( Megali Evdomada) and this is when most people take their fasting seriously. Church services are held throughout Holy Week. Many tavernas close during this week, and the ones that stay open have mostly fish and vegetable dishes on their menu. The women dye eggs red (symbolizing the blood of Christ) and bake Easter biscuits 'koulourakia' and kalitsounia – cheese pies- to be eaten after Easter Saturday when the fast ends. Good Friday - 21st April 2006. Good Friday is a day of mourning and churches usually ring out the death toll throughout the morning – a steady toll of one ring of the bell. The evening church service starts at 7pm and after the service at around 8.30pm, there is a subdued procession through the streets carrying the epitaph, or coffin, with the congregation following behind, usually all dressed in black. hops and supermarkets close at 3 – 4 pm on Good Friday, and many tavernas remain closed today. Easter Saturday - 22nd April 2006 In Crete village children spend the day preparing a bonfire and an effigy of Judas outside the church to burn after the midnight service. The Anastasi, the Resurrection, takes place at midnight and is the culmination of Holy Week. Churches across Greece are packed from 11pm onwards for the service and the lighting of the Holy Flame at midnight. Many tavernas are open after the midnight service. The 40-day fast ends at midnight today so meat is back on the menu and it's becoming very popular to celebrate the Anastasi and the start of Easter at a taverna or 'kentro' with live music. Shops close at 2pm and supermarkets around 5pm today. Easter Sunday - 23rd April 2006 Easter Sunday tradition is roasting lamb outside on the spit, family and friends usually get together and make it a big party with plenty of food, wine, music, and dancing (and in my Greek family, it often turns to plate and glass smashing too, particularly when Papous (Grandpa) gets up to dance . Shops and supermarkets are closed today. Tavernas are usually open. Easter Monday - 24th April 2005 Bank Holiday Shops and supermarkets remain closed. Tavernas open. Kali Anastasi! As always, we look forward to seeing you all here in Makriyialos! Other News Any suggestions or advise about our web site or newsletter is always happily received. E-mail us with your views. Moving or have moved to Crete and would be interested in writing a monthly column for us? Contact us with details of your column ideas. Looking for some advice? Why not post a message at our forum on http://www.cretan-homes.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl Sitia mountains . To see more from Phil Bebbington's collection, click on the picture below to visit his web site.

Where we are advertising from May/June.

'A PLACE IN THE SUN '

Cretan homes is currently advertising in the above areas, although we are constantly looking to improve our service.

We are also advertising heavily on the Internet, with banners on the following sites.

Our local radio advert runs four times a day,seven days a week.

Apartments for rent

Want to stay in a lovely one bedroom apartment? Contact us for more details

Beautiful March and April Flowers

To see more from Tom and Julia Feise's web site, click on the pictures below.

Monthly Columns

Read a monthly column written by Ann Lisney, our resident journalist.

This month, the story is called

'Our Cretan Easter'

EASTER

New Partnership

Look at the website

Crete Property Association for helpful advise for those wanting to move to Crete and buy property here.

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