Life goes back to normal after 2 years, as thousands of pilgrims flocking to the streets of Thessaloniki Greece to attend the peak of the Passion Week on Good Friday, the day of absolute mourning for Christianity.

The day commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death with the Epitaph procession through the streets, where priests, choirs, military bands and the faithful chant the wonder hymns of the Orthodoxy. In Greek Orthodoxy the day if full of rituals that end in the Epitaph procession. Psalms and hymns mark the day while the church bells ring in mourning from 12 noon.

The Epitaph symbolizes the Tomb of Christ.

In the morning, women decorate the Epitaph in all churches with flowers.