Good Friday

Starting on Wednesday and ending on Sunday the celebration of Easter on Corfu is unique to Greece.
My understanding (Antonis) is that they do more, with more completeness.

There are over 40 churches that participate in processions.

Yesterday, Good Friday they began at 10AM and ended just before midnight.

This post will be concerned with just that one day.

 I had come from the church and was shooting when I discovered the I was walking into the parade marshals. I had been engaged in the national TV coverage over my head.

Moving away from the procession to show it's density

This was Just one of the morning processions.

Later, as I shot on the streets, the same band members passed me going to another formation.

The big event of the three days are three bands at 10pm Friday.
Gathering for the procession about 8pm

Antonis and Maria, and I, were invited to view the procession from one of their close friends balcony. It has a commanding view of the street, the ocean, and the mainland.
(Below, the family home and it's view of the street and ocean. In daylight obviously)

From the balcony, waiting for the procession to begin.

Looking down at the street and waterfront.

The crowd is not large yet.

Looking up and to the right is the Old Fort and one of the boat moorings.
The Governor's Palace is on the right.

Boy Scouts, waiting to parade are playing basketball. You can see the arched windows that continue off to the left, seen in the previous image.

The view to the right. The side of the Governor's Palace and it's gate to the town square.
It is still early.

Much later, the procession begins

 Images became blurry, but colorful
Watching from the balconey

So I did movies.
A long, long time later, the conclusion is The Death Bed of Christ.
His body is on flowers.

The Archbishop of Corfu (on the upper right with a white band around his ankles) proceeds the Death Bed. You can see the crowd falls in behind the procession.

Antonis asked me if the procession had been exotic. A thoughtful question. I said no, but it was profound. We go out in a few hours for the conlusion tonight, Saturday at midnight. Which brings Sunday and Easter.

We have to be at the airport by 8 tomorrow morn to fly to Rome.
I don't know when I will get to post again, but I am taking my laptop to Rome.

Ta Leme