Khairete!
Today's Festival
Today we celebrated the Genesia at HTAZP. As is mentioned on the main festival description page, there are several ways to determine when it makes the most sense to celebrate this festival. This year, we chose the weekend before Veterans' Day.
As this is a festival of the dead, we held it in the section of the temple set aside for the ancestors and used an inverted table to represent Hekate's crossroads. The arms of the crossroads were decorated with yarn in honor of the dead, including personal ancestors, spiritual ancestors, heroes, fallen soldiers, animals, and other beloved dead.
Food offerings included potato soup, chocolate pizzelles, caramel coffee cake muffins, and fruit, with peppermint tea and honey-whisky for libations.
At the base of the altar, to the left, you can see a black binder that was set aside for written or drawn offerings to the dead as well.
After feasting with the ancestors, we shifted focus briefly and distributed the eirisioni we had made on Puanepsia/Oskhophoria by lots.
Coming Up
| Date | Festival |
|---|---|
| 20 Panaion/November 24 | Panaia |
| 5 Kheimonion/December 8 | Dendraia |
| 19 Kheimonion/December 22 | Kheimonia |
Until next time, may the blessings of the Gods be with you.
Diane
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