After the floods God promises Noah and his family that..
“never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
The rainbow was his visible promise.
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
“If I were a flower… I would be a sunflower. To always follow the sun, turn my back to darkness, stand proud, tall and straight even with my head full of seeds.”— Pam Stewart
I interrupted this cats’ meditiation under the mirabelle tree. 😉
“Lovely little ladybug sent from heaven above please watch over my garden and fill it up with love.”- Unknown
A bee or it looks like bees. I just noticed the second one..
‘Don’t die old, die empty. That’s the goal of life. Go to the cemetery and disappoint the graveyard.‘-Myles Munroe
“Where is the graveyard of dead gods? What lingering mourner waters their mounds? There was a time when Jupiter was the king of the gods, and any man who doubted his puissance was ipso facto a barbarian and an ignoramus. But where in all the world is there a man who worships Jupiter today? And who of Huitzilopochtli? In one year – and it is no more than five hundred years ago – 50,000 youths and maidens were slain in sacrifice to him. Today, if he is remembered at all, it is only by some vagrant savage in the depths of the Mexican forest. Huitzilopochtli, like many other gods, had no human father; his mother was a virtuous widow; he was born of an apparently innocent flirtation that she carried out with the sun.…
…They were gods of the highest standing and dignity-gods of civilized peoples-worshiped and believed in by millions. All were omnipotent, omniscient and immortal.“
H.L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy
The scenic village of Akovos in Arcadia, Peloponnese is a village seeped in history. The mountains are breathtaking and offer a great escape from the city life.
Et in Arcadia Ego
‘Even in Arcadia, there I am’.- Nicolas Poussin
“Going to the mountains is like going home” – John Muir
“When everything feels like an uphill struggle, think of the view from the top” – Unknown
Every year on the 4th of June the Church of Agia Paraskevi in Arcadia commemorates the Battle of Drabala. The Battle took place on June 5th -7 in 1825 in the nearby mountains of Drabala. It was a battle against the Ottoman forces of Ibrahim and the Greek army lead by Theodoros Kolokotronis. It was one of the harshest and deadliest of the battles for independence in Greece.
The commemortion or doxology begins with a church service. Followed by the laying of wreaths by politicians. Then a small theatrical story telling of the events. And then a traditional Greek dance by Arcadian dancers.
My father is from the nearby village of Akovos and he would go to this event every year. Since he is not here with us today, I decided to go after many years in his honour. I think it would have made him very proud.
Κάθε χρόνο στις 4 Ιουνίου ο Ιερός Ναός της Αγίας Παρασκευής Αρκαδίας τιμά την μνήμη των στρατιώτων στη Μάχη της Δράμπαλας. Η Μάχη έγινε στις 5 -7 Ιουνίου 1825 στα βουνά της Ντράμπαλα. Ήταν μια μάχη εναντίον των Οθωμανικών δυνάμεων του Ιμπραήμ και του Ελληνικού στρατού με επικεφαλής τον Θεόδωρο Κολοκοτρώνη. Ήταν μια από τις πιο σκληρές και θανατηφόρες μάχες για την ανεξαρτησία στην Ελλάδα.
Πρώτα γίνεται μνημόσυνο και δοξολογία κατά τη διάρκεια των εκκλησιαστικών ακολουθιών. Επειτα τη κατάθεση στεφάνων από πολιτικούς. Στη συνέχεια μια μικρή θεατρική αφήγηση των γεγονότων. Και μετά παραδοσιακός ελληνικός χορός από Αρκάδες χορευτές.
Ο πατέρας μου καταγόταν από το κοντινό χωριό του Άκοβου, και πήγαινε κάθε χρόνο σε αυτή την εκδήλωση. Επειδή δεν είναι εδώ μαζί μας σήμερα, αποφάσισα να πάω μετά από πολλά χρόνια προς τιμήν του. Νομίζω ότι θα τον έκανε πολύ περήφανο.
Souroti (pronunced sue-ro-ti) is a rural village, located 25 kilometers outside of the Thessaloniki. It’s very famous for it’s mineral water and it’s carbonated water that can be found in all of the supermarkets here in Greece as well as in many markets around the world.
Η Σουρωτή είναι ένα αγροτικό χωριό, που βρίσκεται 25 χιλιόμετρα έξω από τη Θεσσαλονίκη. Είναι πολύ διάσημο για το μεταλλικό του νερό και το ανθρακούχο νερό που μπορεί να βρει κανείς σε όλα τα σούπερ μάρκετ εδώ στην Ελλάδα καθώς και σε πολλές αγορές σε όλο τον κόσμο.
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