In Greece, Easter is celebrated with its complete religious significance. Easter is regarded as the most sacred holiday by the Greek Orthodox Church. This church is part of Eastern Orthodox Church. On the Easter Saturday, seal of the door of tomb of Christ in the Church of Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem is broken by the Orthodox Patriarch. It emerges as the Holy Fire. This flame is then flown by Olympic Airways to Athens Airport. This flame is accompanied by high ranking priests and government official and taken to Agia Anargyroi, a small church in the Plaka. From there, this light is distributed to all the churches in Attica and all over the Greece.

People start gathering in the churches on the Easter Saturday evening. They carry with them unlit candles. People lit these candles only after the Priest announces the resurrection of Jesus (("Christos anesti") on the midnight. These candles are lighted from the Holy Flame which came from the Christ’s nativity cave in Jerusalem.

After this people get their food blessed by the Priest and eat this on Easter Sunday.
Resurrection soup mageritsa is served after the late-night resurrection service at the Greek Orthodox Church.

In the Feast of Easter Sunday, spit-roast lamb is the main dish on the table. This lamb dish is cooked in courtyards since early morning and is called lamb "kokoretsi". This lamb is slowly cooked, spreading its sweet aroma all over by increasing the appetite of the devotees. Another Greek delicacy is Christopsomon which is a round, flat loaf with cross marked over it. This is decorated with colored Easter eggs.

As Catholics start their Easter by Mardi gras and Carnival, in Greece, Orthodox begins it with Apokreas. In Athens, people wear costumes and visit Plaka during the last two weekends of Apokreas. There they hit each other with plastic clubs and throw confetti. In some regions women wear traditional dress and sing traditional songs about Easter.