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Leap Year 2024: Greek Superstitions About Weddings
Many Greek couples will wait until 2025 to marry because this year is a leap year. If you believe in ancient superstitions, people should avoid getting married in 2024 because it is considered bad luck to tie the knot...
Culture
The Customs and Traditions of a Typical Greek Wedding, Explained
Greek weddings are festive events with many traditions stemming from both the Greek Orthodox church and from cultural superstitions.
Greece
Friday the 13th and Greek Superstitions
Although Greeks already feared Tuesday the 13th as a day marred by misfortune, the Anglo-Saxon culture that has heavily influenced the country through movies, television, and the internet in the past decades has brought Friday the 13th to the...
Ancient Greece
Hilarious Ancient Greek Beliefs and Traditions
Greeks are known to be philosophers and innovators. However, there is another side to the Greeks: the side where traditional beliefs, many of which are rooted in ancient times, overtake all sense of reason.
Funniest and weirdest Greek beliefs and...
Culture
Notes on Dating a Greek: Superstitions, Traditions, and Passions
All cultures have their own quirks and wisdom. Greek culture is no exception. Here are some of the superstitions, traditions and passions that you might find yourself coming across when dating a Greek.
Greek Superstitions 101
What if you could tell...
Greece
13 Spooky 'Friday the 13th' Facts & Myths
Friday the 13th, also known as "Black Friday," is considered a spooky day by the majority of people in the Western world as it is permanently associated with dark legends, strong superstitions and bad luck. The notion of Friday the...
Greece
Why Superstitious Greeks Fear Tuesday the 13th
When it comes to fearful dates, Friday the 13th is considered a bad luck day for most of the world. However, Greeks beg to differ and they have branded Tuesday the 13th as the bona-fide fearful day.
Tuesday the 13th...
Greece
It is the 3rd Friday the 13th in Infamous 2012
Today is Friday the 13th, a "fatal" date that occurs for the third time in year 2012, a year which has been filled with superstitions.
For the first time since 1984, those three Friday the 13ths — January 13, April...