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Photo taken by Kira Kaurinkoski: A Blessing of Easter Baskets in front of the Holy Trinity “Russian” Church in Athens in April 2022. Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, some 300,000 migrants have arrived in Greece, part of a post-multinational “accidental diaspora.” The great majority are ethnic Greeks, but there are also significant numbers of Ukrainians, Georgians, Russians, Moldovans, and persons of other nationalities. Engaging in community life, and the exchange of information, mutual aid, culinary traditions, and the celebration of holidays, can contribute to a feeling of being at home. For some, the local Russian or Ukrainian church is an important reference point, a place where social and cultural intimacy is recreated. Here, the parish members are mainly migrants, but there are also local Greeks, and the celebration takes place in both Slavonic and Greek.