Photos by Jenine Woodhall from the
Olive Tree in Chorio.
Clean Monday (Greek: Καθαρά Δευτέρα), also known as Pure Monday, Ash Monday,Monday of Lent or Green Monday, is the first day of the Eastern Orthodox Christian and Eastern Catholic Great Lent. It is a movable feast that occurs at the beginning of the 7th week before Orthodox Easter Sunday.
Clean Monday is a public holiday in Greece, where it is celebrated with outdoor excursions, picnics and the widespread custom of flying kites.