Genesia, sometimes spelled Genesios, is an Athenian festival of the dead. On the Athenian calendar, it takes place on 5 Boedromion. It has connotations of remembering those fallen in battle, so on the modern calendar in the US, it may make sense to observe it around Memorial Day or Veterans' Day. Alternately, as Wicca, several other Pagan faiths as well as other non-Pagan faiths frequently observe remembrance of the dead at the end of October, it may make sense to observe the Genesia at this time.
At HTAZP, we've done a bit of all of the above. We have held a ritual to Athena and Ares in honor of those fallen in battle near Memorial Day or Veterans' Day, and we have also held a more widely-focused ancestor ritual on the last Sunday of October.
May 2012
October 2012
November 2013
October 2016
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