From 3 April To 6 April
Paroisse de Cargèse, 20130 Cargèse
04 95 26 41 31
Event date : - From 3 April To 6 April
A former Greek colony, Cargèse celebrates Easter in its Byzantine-rite Catholic church, following its own ritual, under the guidance of the Archimandrite.
Songs and lamentations in the unlit church on the evening of Good Friday, candle-lighting ceremonies for the return of light on Holy Saturday, and Greek-rite chanting at midnight are all expressions of the mystical atmosphere that pervades these ceremonies.
On Easter Monday, a procession takes place in which a holy icon of the Greek colony is displayed at the four cardinal points.