What's Up Doc

 What's Up?  Not much around here

Elsewhere, it's a different story

Orthodox Easter happens in a few weeks. 

Every year there's  a 'miraculous' candle lighting ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Since 1988 the Holy Light from the church has been brought to Greece on Easter Saturday evening. The candles with the Holy Light are taken to every big church in the country before midnight. At midnight lights are turned out and the priest appears with the Holy Light.  The light is transferred from candle to candle through the crowd and then comes the proclamation 'Christ is Risen'.  Our island receives the light by speed boat. The Mayor meets the boat and transports the Light (candle in a lantern) to each of the 5 main churches. 

However bomb fragments fell last week near the Church in Jerusalem and no one knows yet whether the ceremony will still take place.  

It's freezing again. K is having trouble with cold fingers

It's been freezing for days. 

We weren't going to buy any more wood but we've been forced to

The young lad stacked it very nicely. The front yard doesn't look too untidy

   

We always fly the blue and white Greek flag on National holidays

25th March is an important National Holiday, As usual it's to do with church, historical victories and tradition

 These flags are in shreds.  

He's taken them down and tomorrow there will be 3 new flags, NZ, Australia and a big Greek flag in the middle