Using a Greek Catering Service to Make the Most of Orthodox Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday is always one of the most anticipated dates on the Greek Orthodox calendar. Across the Greek mainland, the thousands of Greek islands and throughout Greek communities the world over, friends and family come together in big groups over Easter weekend to celebrate and to share time together. Easter Sunday on this weekend is always the best day of the year for a big, shared meal. No one does these events quite like Greek people, with a lamb or goat cooked on a spit, plenty of sharing platters around it to enjoy and an experience that goes on for hours at a time. For those Hellenic communities outside of Greece, you can never exactly replicate what it is like to be in Greece over Easter weekend, but with the best examples of Greek catering services you can come close.
Of course, this year is going to be different from everything else that has come before it. The coronavirus crisis has led to lockdown in most countries. Luckily, restaurants and catering companies are still permitted to operate in most cases, as long as there is contactless delivery of services they provide. This shifts the goalposts a little but means that if you still want to partake in that dreamy Greek Easter Sunday tradition of a big meal with your friends and family all sat around a table, you can do so.
One of the big differences this year might be that you are in different places and sit to eat together at the same time in your own homes, linked via a video app such as Zoom or Houseparty to all eat and chat and drink together as if you were in the same room. This can easily be done if you all live in a similar area (or as long as you have access to a Greek takeaway or Greek catering service). It sure is different to the norm, but it is the best way to stay connected and to still have that magical shared experience of the feast on Greek Easter Sunday.
Think about it, your loved ones in different homes have all got access to a fantastic local Greek restaurant that offers a takeaway and Greek catering service. You can all order in plenty of dishes as you would on a normal Greek Sunday, just smaller portions for those households that are isolating in smaller numbers. For the bigger families a catering service would do the trick for a long weekend of food and merriment. We all need a bit of joy in our lives right now.
If you are interested in continuing these traditions, ordering in some lamb, a bunch of warm pita bread and dips, Greek salad, crispy roast potatoes, bougatsa and other Greek sweet dishes, as well as some incredible Greek wines to pair with your Easter feast, seek out your local Greek restaurant that offers a catering service. It could make all the difference to keeping us all connected with our loved ones this Greek orthodox Easter weekend.