Clean Monday on ERT World
This Clean Monday, ERT World is bringing a festive entertainment program to Greeks around the world. A highlight of the festivities will be the live broadcast of the traditional celebration, “Welcome Lent, Welcome Spring!” from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, on Monday, March 3rd. Don’t miss this vibrant cultural event!
More highlights:
Friday, February 28, 2025
Hard Goodbyes: My Father | Greek Cinema, 2002 | 22:00 (Athens time)
Ilias, a ten-year-old boy living in Athens at the end of the 1960s, suddenly loses his father. The rest of the family members try to adjust to the new reality, each in their own way, except for the young boy, who refuses to believe that his father is dead.
Starring: Giorgos Karagiannis, Ioanna Tsirigouli, Stelios Mainas, Despo Diamantidou, Christos Stergioglou, Christos Bougiotas, Myrto Apostolidou, Dimitris Imellos, Marina Latzanaki, Virginia Ziegler, Marianna Xenidou.
Cinematography: Dimitris Katsaitis.
Screenplay-Director: Penny Panagiotopoulou
Saturday, March 1, 2025
#Together | “Carnival Party with Paschalis” 22:15 (Athens time)
ERT’s #Together organizes a special carnival party. George Kouvaras hosts Paschalis and promises a program full of dancing and singing.
Joining him are: Bessy Argyraki, Giorgos Polychroniou, Idra Kayne, Mara Darmousli, Krystallia Kefaloudi, Giannis Hatzigeorgiou, Stella Kosmopoulou, Konstantinos Langos, Natalia Dimou.
The city synonymous with Carnival is naturally present at the event. The spirit of Patras is brought to the studio by guest carnival revelers, with their wild dances and unique costumes.
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Patras Carnival 2025 | Grand Parade | 14:30 (Athens time)
The Patras Carnival, the grand celebration of joy, promises to offer unique moments again this year, with the highlight being the grand parade on Sunday, March 2, 2025, broadcast on ERT World.
Dedicated to the birth of the Carnival, the King Carnival (designed by Petros Bryonis and crafted by the Carnival Workshop of the Municipality of Patras) will combine nearly two centuries of the institution’s history with the iconic masterpiece by Tsiller, a symbol of the cultural identity and heritage of the city.
This year’s King of Carnival for the grand celebration in Patras will be “Harlequin,” a central figure of the Patras Carnival, which was also used as a key element in the Opening Ceremony, in conjunction with the Apollo Municipal Theatre, an iconic landmark of Patras.
Frugal Abundance | Documentary 2022, Premiere | 00:15 (Athens time)
Vangelis has been living for years in a makeshift hut on the edge of a cliff in Cape Maleas. He doesn’t lock his door, has no electricity, and travels throughout the four seasons of the year by bicycle. He chooses to live this way despite the difficulties he faces. A glimpse into simplicity and self-sufficiency—or perhaps a tangible utopia?
Screenplay-Director: Frantzeska Romanou, Giorgos Savoglou
Monday, March 3, 2025
Clean Monday at Stavros Niarchos Park “Welcome Lent, Welcome Spring!” | Live Broadcast 12:00 (Athens time)
On Clean Monday, March 3, 2025, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center welcomes Lent and Spring with a grand traditional celebration, and ERT World will be there to broadcast it live at 12:00 p.m., with a repeat at 00:00 a.m.
At the Great Lawn of Stavros Niarchos Park, Ethnomusicology Professor Lambros Liavas curates and presents a panorama of Greek music and dance traditions, offering an open invitation to join in the ritual of the traditional festivity. With in-depth knowledge of Greece’s traditional music, gained through academic research and travels to every corner of the country, Lambros Liavas shows us how to send off the Carnival period in the age-old way. Carnival mimic dances blend with kalamatiana, kangelia, and tsamika, Epirotic pogonisia, Macedonian syrta, Thracian zonaradika, Constantinopolitan hasapika, Smyrnaic karsilamades, Cretan pentozalia, and island balos dances.
365 Moments: “Santorini: The ‘Awakening’ of Nature” | Informational Show | 19:00 (Athens time)
The story of the show begins in a small village on Santorini that was destroyed by the great earthquake of 1956 but retained something important, and it reaches the present day with the ongoing seismic tremors. What do these tremors indicate, and when might the volcanoes on Santorini be activated? Why did the old Santorini inhabitants never leave the island? The show “365 Moments” presents an investigation into the events on the island.
Presented by: Sofia Papaioannou.
Forcé | New Informational Program | 22:10 (Greece time)
“Forcé” is a modern television show covering international issues, delving into the balance of power, strategic conflicts, and the decisions that shape the course of the planet.
In a time of intense geopolitical upheaval, where strategic choices determine the future, the show provides viewers with the most comprehensive analysis of our ever-changing world.
Through the journalistic expertise of Sotiris Danezis, insights from leading experts in the studio, along with reports and commentary from ERT correspondents at the heart of the decision-making centers, we offer factual information while interpreting developments through the lens of geopolitical strategy.
Presented by: Sotiris Danezis
For more information, visit the ERT World website.
