This is a festival of games in honor of Hermes. There is very little info as to the timing of the historical festival, and so modern worshippers may arrive at different conclusions as to when it is best to observe it.
Hermaia 2014
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
April News
Xairete!
Now, with some of the basic housekeeping setup done, here is our first news post at the new site.
This month started off with the first official Temple naming ceremony. It was a deeply moving experience, bearing witness as this person took vows to his Patrons. The basic ritual structure, for those who are curious, is outlined in Timotheos’ contribution to From Cave to Sky: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Zeus.
After the ritual feasting was done (and given some time to settle) we unwound a bit by doing a bit of belly dance. Several members had expressed interest in learning this form, and so now we’re working on learning a choreography for the Philokhoria, our summer festival honoring the Twins through, among other things, dance.
On the 17th, we celebrated Delphinia with offerings of fish and seafood to honor Apollon as the God of dolphins who guide ships safely home. One Temple member brought lemon meringue pie as an offering, explaining that the meringue looks like waves, and sailors need lemons or other vitamin C sources to avoid scurvy. Another offered a “dolphin adoption” in the name of Apollon Delphinios. We also honored His love for Hyacinthos with offerings of hyacinth flowers and His return to Delphi from Hyperborea with divination.
For May, we’ll be celebrating the Twins’ birthday at Thargelia on the 15th, a festival that promises cleansing, purification, more cleansing, more purification, and a birthday party.
May the Gods’ blessings be with everyone!
Peace,
Diane
Now, with some of the basic housekeeping setup done, here is our first news post at the new site.
This month started off with the first official Temple naming ceremony. It was a deeply moving experience, bearing witness as this person took vows to his Patrons. The basic ritual structure, for those who are curious, is outlined in Timotheos’ contribution to From Cave to Sky: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Zeus.
After the ritual feasting was done (and given some time to settle) we unwound a bit by doing a bit of belly dance. Several members had expressed interest in learning this form, and so now we’re working on learning a choreography for the Philokhoria, our summer festival honoring the Twins through, among other things, dance.
On the 17th, we celebrated Delphinia with offerings of fish and seafood to honor Apollon as the God of dolphins who guide ships safely home. One Temple member brought lemon meringue pie as an offering, explaining that the meringue looks like waves, and sailors need lemons or other vitamin C sources to avoid scurvy. Another offered a “dolphin adoption” in the name of Apollon Delphinios. We also honored His love for Hyacinthos with offerings of hyacinth flowers and His return to Delphi from Hyperborea with divination.
For May, we’ll be celebrating the Twins’ birthday at Thargelia on the 15th, a festival that promises cleansing, purification, more cleansing, more purification, and a birthday party.
May the Gods’ blessings be with everyone!
Peace,
Diane
Setting up
Xairete!
My name is Diane, and I'm going to be helping out with this blog for the Hellenic Temple of Apollon, Zeus, and Pan.
In the interest of making it easier to embed links in blog posts that describe some of the basics of the festivals we observe regularly, I'm going to create a series of short posts to hold that information, much of which is also found on the Temple website. These entries will be backdated to the day before this blog actually launched, in the interest of not taking up people's dashboards as they are posted.
My name is Diane, and I'm going to be helping out with this blog for the Hellenic Temple of Apollon, Zeus, and Pan.
In the interest of making it easier to embed links in blog posts that describe some of the basics of the festivals we observe regularly, I'm going to create a series of short posts to hold that information, much of which is also found on the Temple website. These entries will be backdated to the day before this blog actually launched, in the interest of not taking up people's dashboards as they are posted.
New Blog!
Xairete!
I have started a new blog for the temple which has been more complicated than I originally thought but it's finally up and running! This particular blog will be for the Hellenic Temple of Apollon, Zeus and Pan's newsletter and my friend Diane has graciously accepted to maintain it so that it is regularly updated. I give thanks to her for that and you should be seeing posts pretty soon. The blog is still in its beginning stages but as we continue to grow and develop as a temple the blog will continue to do the same. Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!
Remember if you are interested in the temple, send me an email at neokoros@htazp.org! We're always glad to hear from you!
Peace,
Hier. Timotheos Anderson
I have started a new blog for the temple which has been more complicated than I originally thought but it's finally up and running! This particular blog will be for the Hellenic Temple of Apollon, Zeus and Pan's newsletter and my friend Diane has graciously accepted to maintain it so that it is regularly updated. I give thanks to her for that and you should be seeing posts pretty soon. The blog is still in its beginning stages but as we continue to grow and develop as a temple the blog will continue to do the same. Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!
Remember if you are interested in the temple, send me an email at neokoros@htazp.org! We're always glad to hear from you!
Peace,
Hier. Timotheos Anderson
Friday, April 22, 2011
Earth Day
Earth Day is a secular holiday focused on preserving the natural environment of our planet. It seems only natural to honor Gaia on this day. Ways to do this range from a simple libation to a blessing of new plants for the season to an environmental project such as beach cleanup.
Olympieia
The Olympieia honors Zeus as the King of the Gods and was the founder's festival of Zeus's temple at Olympia. One way to celebrate is with a feast and games in His honor with a prize given to the winner.
Olympieia 2015
Olympieia 2015
Anadikia
At the start of our spiritual year, we hold a festival called the Anadikia or the Great Noumenia. Over the years, this has evolved into a retreat at the Temple, including offerings to our spiritual ancestors from Ancient Greece as well as our personal ancestors and sacrifices to the Olympians, Nature Gods, and Khthonic Gods.
Anadikia 2011
Anadikia 2012
Anadikia 2013
Anadikia 2014
Anadikia 2016
Anadikia 2017
Anadikia 2011
Anadikia 2012
Anadikia 2013
Anadikia 2014
Anadikia 2016
Anadikia 2017
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