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Άγιοι Ταξιάρχες
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- behind "Monastery Hill" Skopelos
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Archangels
Taxiarches or its variant taxiarchos (from Greek: ταξιάρχης or ταξίαρχος), anglicized taxiarch, may refer to:
taxiarch, equivalent to brigadier in ancient and modern Greek military terminology
Archangels Michael and Gabriel are called the Taxiarchs in Greek Orthodoxy because they lead the heavenly host
Several locations in Greece are named after the archangels, either in singular form, Taxiarchis, or in plural, Taxiarches (Ταξιάρχες):
Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxiarches
Namedays of November 8 - Mixael & Gavriel, Mixalis, Michail, Michali, Angelos, Stamatis, Stamos (Michael, Angelo, Gabriel)
Navnedagen er den 8. november,
men de siste årene har det vært dårlig vær da, så hvorfor ikke feire et par dager før!
Alle trenger en oppmuntring i disse dager!Vi kjørte opp og gikk ned til klosteret,
(se gårsdagens kart)
det tar ca en halv time. Det var fult av biler parkert og flere da vi gikk tilbake.
De regnet med at det ville møte frem ca 200. Noen hadde mat og drikke med seg,
- der var mer enn nok til alle.The nameday is on the 8th of November.
but the last years it has been bad weather then,
so why not celebrate some days before. Everybody needs something to share one up these days!We drove up and walked down to the monastery,
(see yesterdays map)
it takes about a half hour. It was a lot of cars
parked and even more when we returned.
About 200 persons had shown up.
Some brought food and drinks,
- there was more than enough served for all.
Very nice greeting up from the monastery
Jeg spurte Nikos om hvor gammelt klosteret er; Ingen vet, svarte han. Nikos er en av ildsjelende bak dette og den som inviterte meg; I asked Nikos how old the monastery is;
Nobody knows, was the answer. Nikos is one of the organitzers behind this and the one who invited me;
Panagiotis & Nikos
Some of my friends
Det var utrolig flott å få
oppleve denne feiringen.
Godt for mange å ta et pust i bakken,
tenke på annet en landets problemer,
- en festdag gjør godt!Stort er det at alltid er alle
generasjoner til stede.
It was great to experience
this celebration.
God for many to have a break from
the countries problems,
- a day of joy makes good!Great to see that on this kind of event
all generations are present.
Det som slo meg var at
denne feiringen forgikk slik den alltid har foregått. Jeg spurte et par av mine voksne venninder, som er født og oppvokst på Skopelos,
om hvordan de hadde opplevet dette før.
Jo, akkurat det samme pluss at de da som unge hadde anledningen til å flørte litt, men kun på avstand, med den de var begeistert for!I was thinking that this
celebration was exactly like it always has been.
I asked some of my Greek girl friends, that are
born and have always been living on Skopelos, about how they experienced this before.
Well, yes, exactly the same, but one could flirt a bit, only form a distance, with the one they were interested in!
Queuing to get into the small church
Ved klosteret er det flere kilder
dette er den flotteste.
Meget bra at man har nok vann til alt,
deilig å slippe å bære det med oss.
Pluss at det smaker herlig kaldt og godt.
By the monastery there are
several springs, this is the best.
Very good that one does not have to carry
water when going there.
And the water tastes nice and cold.
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