A festive day for Greece today, the Dormition of Virgin Mary, mother of Christ, is celebrated in every Greek church and chapel. We visit friends named after Her, Despoina (=Queen (of heavens)), Panayotis (Takis of Panos as a nickname) and Panayota (Penny or Yota), Maria (for the married women, the unwed Marias celebrate in November), and enjoy a holiday as summer turns to its end. Today, while the Bejing Olympics carry on, Athens is a deserted city. No traffic, less pollution, the market is off. It is wonderful to take a stoll under the Acropolis and listen to all the languages spoken in the narrow streets of Plaka and Monastiraki.As a Bookclub it is only appropriate to celebrate this day with a presentation of Mary with her books.Martini, Boticelli, Raphael, the Flemish masters, and many others have painted their masterpieces on the subject. Just click on the image for more!
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3 comments:
The Dormition of Virgin Mary is a festive day in Romania,too.However,there are differences between our traditions.For example,we don't have a special day for married and unwed women,we celebrate them all on the 15th of August and,sometimes,on the 8th of September [the Birth of Virgin Mary].
Anyway,differences bring us together very often :)
Ioana.
Looking back to our work together, I put in common this event: The Dormition of Virgin, the importance of women in people's life and the actual way of the world. I am not stoping myself to think if is it any connection between the recognition accorded to the women into a society and the health of this society? I discovered by chance this iranian page related to their important women in history, and I was touched by the beauty of the names they had. Take a look: http://iranhistory.gq.nu/FamousHistoricalPersianWomen.html
I believe is fantastic especially because Iran is known as a country where women doesn't got any rights. Meditate to the truth! I think we will meet it to the middle....
I also remember a thought related to importance of the education:
When you educate a man, you grow up an individual, when you educate a woman, you grow up an entire family....
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