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The Embassy of Italy, in collaboration with American Italian Food Coalition & The Italian Cultural Society of Washington DC cordially invites you to: Italian Embassy Easter Egg Hunt 2022, a fundraising event to benefit a local children’s charity: Center for the Advancement of Innovative Health Practices. 1:30 p.m. Guests arrive, check-in, enjoy on-...

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Holy Week is central to the spiritual lives of Italians on both sides of the Atlantic. The Parish of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii will play their parts from Palm Sunday (April 10) to Easter Sunday (April 17). THE PARISH OF OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL (Melrose Park) will celebrate Mass with the distribution of palms at 7:4...

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After Easter, families all over Italy are ready to honour one of the most important religious holidays of the year. Family lunches, chocolate eggs and a great desire to share a moment of joy. But after Easter comes the equally expected Easter Monday. Angel Monday, known by everyone as Pasquetta, is the day that follows Easter Sunday. The name is li...

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In Italy, Easter comes a close second in the list of most loved celebrations after, needless to say, Natale. Both rooted in religious tradition, they are the apotheosis of Italian spirituality, heritage and, of course, food.  Easter is a movable feast, so it doesn’t fall every year on the same day as Christmas does, but we don’t really care: long g...

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“Colomba is not as popular as the Christmas Panettone in the United States. But it is becoming more and more appreciated,” says Beatrice Ughi founder and president of Gustiamo, an online retailer with a mission to improve the quality of Italian food in the States.  Popularity is growing. Ughi told ItalianFood.Net sales of the store’s colomba double...

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The traditional 'dove-shaped' Colomba di Pasqua or Colomba pasquale has been a firm fixture on the Easter calendar in Italy for almost a century. Its origins date back to the 1930s to Motta, a company in Milan already famous for its Panettone and Pandoro, two classic sweet breads associated with the Christmas season in Italy. The Colomba was dreame...

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For the first time, 6th-generation Italian bakery Olivieri 1882 is making its signature Colomba di Pasqua dessert available in the US. Available for Easter and other springtime celebrations, Olivieri 1882’s Colomba comes in a variety of bespoke flavors including White Chocolate & Berries, Triple Chocolate, Amarena Cherry, Apricot Salted Caramel and...

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Naples continues to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri, the Father of the Italian language, in its own unique way. After creating Dante figurines for Christmas cribs, the southern Italian city is now devoting an out-sized Easter tradition to the Supreme Poet, reports Italian newspaper La Repubblica. Master chocolatiers at the histor...

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Every Good Friday in Trapani a centuries-old tradition representing the Passion and death of Christ is repeated: the twenty-four hours Procession of the Mysteries (Misteri). The Procession of the Mysteries (Misteri) of Trapani still arouses great emotion and excitement in town. The Mysteries are eighteen sculptural groups and two simulacra made bet...

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A virtual event on Saturday, March 27 at noon, presented by Anne Robichaud. REGISTER HERE!! Join us live from Assisi to discover ancient traditions connected to Holy Week. Our virtual event begins at noon on Saturday, March 27 (9 am Pacific Time, and 6 pm in Italy.) In Assisi on Good Friday night, locals and clergy begin La Processione del Cristo M...

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