Easter in Olympos

Are there still places that celebrate and experience the Easter message as intended? Yes, there is at least one. In the Dodecanese islands complex, on a small island called Karpathos, from the most beautiful in the world, on a high mountain, there is a little village forgotten by gods and people, called Olympos. There, Easter is celebrated with devotion and customs that come from the old Byzantine times.
There, women, until this moment we speak, are dressed every day throughout the year in their traditional costumes. Differently for weekdays and differently for feasts. Flamboyant costumes for feasts, simple ones for mourning. And the elders, dressed in black on Good Friday, decorate the Epitaph weeping not only Christ, but also their loved ones who are dead. Weep and tie with string flowers on the coffin of the Epitaph. Weep real, not phony tears.
But not long before the Great Saturday and early formulate the avgoules (red eggs), the tripe for the meal after the Resurrection and the stuffed lamb for the day of Easter. The church fills with people from early evening and they are all sitting reverently and hear the hymns and chant along with Father John and resurrect the Lord weeping and laughing. Yes, they will celebrate the day of Easter, they will eat their lamb too. All houses smell delicious and keep their doors open.