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The first day of Orthodox Lent is a public holiday in Greece, spent outdoors — families head out of town to fly kites, and share shellfish, fasting dishes and lagana, a flatbread baked only on this day.
The start of Lent
Kathara Deftera, Clean Monday, is the first day of Great Lent in Eastern Christianity. The name refers to purification before the fast: it is the first day without meat, eggs and dairy, and some people fast from all food until the liturgy on Wednesday. Liturgically, Lent begins on the Sunday night before, at the Vespers of Forgiveness, where the faithful bow to one another and ask forgiveness. The whole first week of Lent is called Clean Week, a time for confession and for cleaning the house.
The day is also traditionally seen as the beginning of spring, and despite the fast its mood is joyful. In Greece and Cyprus it is a public holiday celebrated with outings into the countryside, fasting food and lagana — and with kites. The widespread custom of flying kites is said to symbolise the attempt to reach the divine, and on Clean Monday the skies fill with them.
開催時期
Clean Monday is the Monday seven weeks before Orthodox Easter, so its date moves each year, between mid-February and late March. It is a public holiday in Greece and Cyprus.
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食べ物と飲み物
Lagana
A flat, unleavened bread baked only on Clean Monday.
Shellfish and fasting dishes
Meat, eggs and dairy are traditionally avoided in Lent, so the day’s meals are built on seafood such as shellfish, molluscs and fish roe.
出典
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- Clean MondayWikipedia · 2026年9月17日 閲覧
- List of dates for EasterWikipedia · 2026年9月17日 閲覧
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