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Ancient Greece celebrated the importance of “The Mother” and honoured her as the giver and
protector of life….well before it became popular in the Christian calendar…
Gaia (Mother Earth) is the personification of nature and worshipped as the ultimate deity and is
portrayed as the ancestral mother of all life. Her daughter Rhea replaced her as an icon of
worship and she was known as “The Mother of Gods” and their was an annual spring
festival in her honour as the Goddess of nature and fertility. Crete was at the centre of
this worship and Mount Ida was said to be the birthplace of Zeus, it is also reported that
there was a “House of Rhea” in Knossos.
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Mothering Sunday
Statue Of Rhea
Holy Virgin the Vigliotissa at Voulismeni
The church is dedicated to the Birth of the Theotokos, and is located about two kilometres from
the village of Voulismeni at Vigli. Mothering Sunday is celebrated on the second Sunday of May
and if are lucky enough to be here we’re sure you would welcome to join the celebrations…..
“The established celebration for the World Mother's Day took place yesterday at Virgin Mary of Vigliotissa Voulismeni, in the presence of a large crowd. In the morning a Divine Liturgy and prayer for all mothers was held in the historic chapel of Panagia, by the priest of Voulismeni p. Ioannis Lioudakis The ceremony was followed by laying wreaths on the bust of Mana by the President of the Educational Cultural Association of Voulismeni, Dimitris Angelakis, as well as students of the 2nd Elementary School of Neapolis. Students then recited poems dedicated to mothers while distributing roses to everyone, young and old, courtesy of the Club, as well as the traditional treat. Happy Mother's Day to all Moms!!! K. P.”
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Ancient Greece celebrated the
importance of “The Mother” and
honoured her as the giver and protector
of life….well before it became popular
in the Christian calendar…
Gaia (Mother Earth) is the
personification of nature and
worshipped as the ultimate deity and is
portrayed as the ancestral mother of all
life. Her daughter Rhea replaced her as
an icon of worship and she was
known as “The Mother of Gods” and
their was an annual spring festival in
her honour as the Goddess of
nature and fertility. Crete was at the
centre of this worship and Mount Ida
was said to be the birthplace of
Zeus, it is also reported that there
was a “House of Rhea” in Knossos.
Mothering Sunday
Statue Of Rhea
Holy Virgin the Vigliotissa at
Voulismeni
The church is dedicated to the Birth of the Theotokos, and is
located about two kilometres from the village of Voulismeni at
Vigli. Mothering Sunday is celebrated on the second Sunday of
May and if are lucky enough to be here we’re sure you would
welcome to join the celebrations…..
“The established celebration for the World Mother's Day took place yesterday at Virgin Mary of Vigliotissa Voulismeni, in the presence of a large crowd. In the morning a Divine Liturgy and prayer for all mothers was held in the historic chapel of Panagia, by the priest of Voulismeni p. Ioannis Lioudakis The ceremony was followed by laying wreaths on the bust of Mana by the President of the Educational Cultural Association of Voulismeni, Dimitris Angelakis, as well as students of the 2nd Elementary School of Neapolis. Students then recited poems dedicated to mothers while distributing roses to everyone, young and old, courtesy of the Club, as well as the traditional treat. Happy Mother's Day to all Moms!!! K. P.”
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