January 2014

Khairete!

This Month's Festivals

This month has been a very Zeus-themed month.  First, we celebrated the Diogennia on January 5th, and today was the Gamelia. 

Gamelia Altar

For both events, all the Gods were invoked, and so this is a pretty image-heavy edition. The majority of the following images are from Diogennia, courtesy of Scarlet Rose.

Asklepios and Hygeia

Agathos Daimon

Aphrodite

Apollon

Ares

Atemis

Athena

Demeter

Dionysos

Gaia and the Gods of Earth, Sky, and Sea

Ganymede and Herakles

Gods of the Year and Month: Prometheus and Selene

Hades and Persephone

Hekate

Hephaistos

Hera (on Diogennia)

Hermes

Hestia (on Diogennia)

Pan

Zeus Melikhios

For Diogennia, we consecrated candles to represent the light of Zeus, which is said to help us bring balance and order to our lives.

And of course, for Gamelia, we offered wedding cake as part of the feast.

It seemed fitting that, as with any royal wedding, there would be ambassadors from other lands to bring their well-wishes. Therefore, we also set aside an area for Foreign Gods, which was designated as "The Embassy." 

Coming Up

Date	Festival
2 Diasion/2 February 2014	Anthesteria (observed)
16 Diasion/16 February 2014	Aphrodisia
30 Diasion/2 March 2014	Diasia
14 Eiarinion/16 March 2014	Eiarinia
28 Eiarinion/30 March 2014	TBD

Until next time.

Peace,
Diane