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Ephemeris of Wednesday 16 April, 2025

The sun and moon on 04/16/2025 in Greece

(All times given here are in Athens local time)

Sunrise: 6:46 AM
Sunset: 8:03 PM
The sun will be at its zenith at 1:24 PM
Sunshine duration: 13 hours and 16 minutes (2 minutes compared to yesterday)

Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:45 AM and set at 8:04 PM

Right now the time in Greece is 1:00 AM.
Greece's time difference from the Greenwich meridian: 3 hours(*)
Greece's time difference from Paris: 1 hour
(*) taking into account summer/winter time

17 days moon

On 04/16/2025 the moon will be 17 days old.
Next full moon on 12 May, 2025.
Next new moon on 27 April, 2025.

Commemorations on 16 April

(according to the Greek-Orthodox calendar)

Saints of the day

  • Great and Holy Wednesday, "of her who anointed the Lord with myrrh - the Hymn of Kassia"
    Μεγάλη Τετάρτη, "της αλειψάσης τον Κύριον μύρω - Τροπάριο της Κασσιανής"
  • Stes Agape, Irène et Chionie
    Αγάπης, Ειρήνης και Χιονίας Μαρτύρων
  • Sts Léonide, Basilisse, Galine, Théodora, Callide, Niké, Nounecie et Charisse, martyrs à Corinthe
    Λεωνίδου, Βασιλίσσης, Γαλήνης, Θεοδώρας, Καλλίδος, Νίκης, Νουνεχίας αριέσης, μαρτύρων εν Κορίνθω
  • Ste Irène
    Ειρήνης παρθενομάρτυρος
  • Sts Félix l'Evêque, Janvier, Fortunat et Septime
    Φίληκος Eπισκόπου, Iανουαρίου Πρεσβυτέρου, Φουρτουνάτου και Σεπτεμίνου Mαρτύρων
  • St Michel de Vourla à Smyrne
    Μιχαήλ Νεομάρτυρος του Βουρλιώτου

Fasting Instructions: the April 16 is a complete fasting day; Of course you can still eat legumes and cabbages, as long as you only cook them with water and salt. Fruit, bread, honey and nuts are also allowed (νηστεία)

Today we celebrate these names in Greece

A day like a 16 April

1996

Décès de l'armateur Stavros Niarchos, à l'âge de 87 ans, à Zurich (Suisse).

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1912

A l'éclatement de la guerre dans les Balkans, Pavlos Kountouriotis, gouverneur du navire de guerre "Averoff", est promu chef de l'etat major de la Marine nationale grecque.

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