The major celebration for the Orthodox Church is Pascha, the Greek Easter, celebrated normally after the Roman Easter, in compliance with an ancient calendar. During Holy Week (Megali Evdomada) there are long evening church services attended by large crowds. Good Friday is especially colorful, since the Epitaphi, depicting the burial cloth of Christ, is carried through the streets around the parish boundaries. In the cathedrals of the cities this procession is accompanied by soldiers, priests and the bishop of the area.

On Holy Saturday night, a Liturgy of the Anastasi (Resurrection) is held. Just before midnight the lights are extinguished and the people and the priests move outside to continue the liturgy. At the moment of the Resurrection, the Easter Candle is lit (representing Christ as the light of the world) and the flame is passed from person to person to light their individual candles. Each family takes the light back to the house, where a cross is then marked on the doorway with the flame and a feast is waiting.