At 7 a.m. on Easter Sunday morning, churches in town which possess an icon of the Resurrection parade it around the central streets, something which is well worth seeing. The parades finish at around 10 a.m. but the great Easter Celebration is far from over. If you were up all night, then now is the time to snatch a little sleep, or if not, what would you say to a trip into the countryside? Alternatively, the town offers an Easter lunch party at the New Fortress Naval Base at 11.30 a.m. and a parade of the Resurrection icon from the Church of Agia Triada (Holy Trinity) in Garitsa at 6.30 p.m.
In Corfu, unlike the rest of Greece, the spit-roasted lamb is a recent introduction as a custom, and is not traditionally part of the Easter menu. Here they eat egg and lemon soup (avgolemono) at lunchtime, made with 2 or 3 different kinds of meat, and they leave the lamb for the next day. They crack red-dyed eggs one against the other and stick the shell on doors or throw it into the garden to bless the harvest.