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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-08-12
CONTENTS
[01] Vartholomeos to visit Athos
[02] 'Full Moon' events
[01] Vartholomeos to visit Athos
Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos is to pay a six-day visit to the
monastic community of Mount Athos from August 21-26, it was
disclosed on Monday.
Vartholomeos will arrive at noon on August 20 in Thessaloniki,
Macedonia, and stay overnight at Ouranoupoulis.
At 9 a.m. on August 21, he will arrive at Dafni and later go to
Karyes where he will be officially welcomed. The Patriarch's visit
takes place on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of
one of the founders of the Dionysios Holy Monastery, Saint Nyfon.
Caption: ANA-MPA file photo of Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos
[02] 'Full Moon' events
Special events will be held in archaeological sites in Trikala
Prefecture, central Greece, to celebrate this summer's last Full Moon
on August 16. The events titled "In the moonlight - Archaeological
sites and monuments under the Full Moon" are hosted by the culture
ministry and the general secretariat of antiquities and cultural
heritage. Three archaeological sites, the Byzantine Castle in the city
of Trikala, the archaeological site of Meteora and the arch bridge of
Portaikos in Pili will remain open for the public until late at night
offering a unique experience to stargazers and romantics wishing to
marvel at the August Moon.
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