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.”
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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