After a hiatus lasting nearly a century, the message of Christ's resurrection will once again sound in the historic Orthodox church of Saint Voukolos (Aya Vukla) in Izmir, which held its first Holy Week services since 1922.

A solidarity Easter lunch for citizens affected by the economic crisis was offered the Defense Ministry and the Armed Forces in the Greek Army Park in Goudi.

Greece's finance ministry on Sunday strongly criticised an article appearing in the German newspaper "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung" (FAZ Sunday edition), saying that it undermined the negotiations underway, as well as Europe.