{"id":26091,"date":"2016-05-03T10:53:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T08:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=26091"},"modified":"2016-05-03T10:53:15","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T08:53:15","slug":"easter-in-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/03\/easter-in-cyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter in Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>For those of you not fortunate enough to live in Cyprus, here is a glimpse at how Easter (and other major holidays like &#8230; Sundays) are celebrated in Cyprus villages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/easter.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26092\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/03\/easter-in-cyprus\/easter\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/easter.png?fit=1920%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"easter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/easter.png?fit=660%2C206&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-26092\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/easter-500x156.png?resize=500%2C156&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"easter\" width=\"500\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/easter.png?resize=500%2C156&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/easter.png?resize=768%2C240&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/easter.png?resize=1024%2C320&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/easter.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/easter.png?w=1320 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The photo comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/orafok.gr\/articleviews.php?id=6071\">this article<\/a> (in Greek) which (to the best of my knowledge) tries to warn people about buying meat from non-certified butchers. \u00a0Well, guess what, all certified butchers were probably emptied out anyway.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>For those of you not fortunate enough to live in Cyprus, here is a glimpse at how Easter (and other major holidays like &#8230; Sundays) are celebrated in Cyprus villages. The photo comes from this article (in Greek) which (to the best of my knowledge) tries to warn people about buying meat from non-certified butchers. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/03\/easter-in-cyprus\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Easter in Cyprus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Easter in Cyprus #Cyprus #Easter #food #meat #culture","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,22],"tags":[429,3422,141,1128,3356],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-26091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-cyprus","tag-culture","tag-easter","tag-food","tag-lifestyle","tag-meat"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9346,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/08\/15\/cyprus-vacations\/","url_meta":{"origin":26091,"position":0},"title":"Cyprus vacations","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 15, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the things that was new to me when I came to Cyprus was the vacations in August that the whole island takes. 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