PHOTO OF THE DAY March 26, 2005  

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Where Ólimbos, Greece
When 1982
Photographer James L. Stanfield

Ólimbos native Maria Nicolaidis-Karanikolas: "The procession that takes place on the Tuesday after Easter is one of our older traditions. To honor the dead and celebrate the Resurrection of Christ, we carry icons from the main Orthodox church to the cemetery, where our priest says a prayer over each grave."

—From "Eternal Easter in a Greek Village," December 1983, National Geographic magazine


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