Opening of The Triodion, Apokries (Carnival) in Greece! (part 1)
Apokries (Carnival) are called the three weeks before Clean Monday which is also the first day of the Great Lent. The period of Apokries is associated with the Orthodox tradition of Triodion, which is a movable feast that lasts from the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee until the Cheesefare Sunday (Tyrini Sunday).