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To those who think that Greece does not matter today, let me say that they could not make a bigger mistake. Today, like old Greece, is of the utmost importance for anyone looking to find himself.
Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American author
In a classroom, a child hesitates to speak. He knows the answer, but he is afraid of making a mistake, of being exposed, of his voice getting lost among the others. But when he is given the opportunity to speak through an imaginary hero, something can change...
A day that condenses faith and homeland, heaven and earth, Annunciation and Revolution. March 25th is a symbol. It is the meeting of the divine message of hope with the human decision for freedom. Our Church celebrates the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The...
In a period in which cultural uniformity and the gradual loss of minority languages are intensifying, the systematic action of bodies dedicated to the preservation of intangible cultural heritage is gaining particular importance. In Greek-speaking Calabria, a prominent...
Protectress of the Saints You Virgin Virgin Who ceaselessly wipes away our needs You intercede for our sins You fight our enemies Hear our prayers We humbly appeal to You to forgive us and have mercy on us To illuminate our path and to...
Well done again God, who gave me poetry To heal wounds To wash away sins To tame my passions To tell the story of my desires To train the memory To trick oblivion To find a nest for my soul to roost To fight life To feel the greatness Su, the...
The oceans of the mind tell stories The flame of the soul burns Amorous creeds pierce the blue of the earth The skittering air is mind-numbing The horizon glitters on the edge of the rock The breath flickers East and West adorn nature And your eyes acrobat in...
In the cosmic firmament, your contemplation reaches through high walls into the continuum of time, you invade the Alexandrian poet. Fallen leaves, seed of imminent knowledge. Historical and philosophical events surround your sensuality. Unseen heroes strive to protect Thermopylae,...
Joyful life beckoned to me at my birth The surrounding atmosphere ideal for exquisite phases of developmental completion Lucky I appropriated auspicious manta Tears of love instinct Humanitarian spirit to grant a valid prescription for survival The filling...
You cut an olive branch, you called it life. You wove wreaths of hope and hung them on our broken walls. You cried for the lost dreams and prayed that they would not be lost, that they would be transformed into a source of rekindling. Are you tired of staring at shadows of maybe on the horizon...
Holy is the soil in the land of the Greeks That hides the stars in the land of the god Ammon The soul yearns to experience the glorious memory of the Macedonian Soldier Who united the peoples of three continents Who tamed his innermost passions to honor his homeland and the soil of the ...