Parthenon (Acropolis)
Iktinos and Kallikrates (Phidias directed the sculptural program), Parthenon, Athens, 447 - 432 B.C.E.
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Church leader buried in state as thousands line streets
SHOTLIST
1. Wide of Athens Cathedral interior
2. Pull-out from senior clerics to wide of Christodoulos in casket
3. Close-up of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew with transition to mid of Bartholomew and senior clerics around Christodoulos' casket
4. Pan across Archbishop Christodoulos' medals
5. Pan from people in church to casket
6. Medium of Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, on left, and President Karolos Papoulias
7. Transition to wide of Athens cathedral
8. Medium of Christodoulos' casket entering First National Cemetery
9. Wide of Christodoulos' casket surrounded by senior clergy and mourners with shot changing to close-up of Christodoulos in casket
10. Wide of mourners surrounding casket
11. Medium of Karamanlis, left, accompanied by his wife
12. Medium of senior clergy and politicians
13. Medium of casket being shut
14. Wide of flowers being thrown on casket
STORYLINE
The popular but controversially outspoken head of Greece's powerful Orthodox Church was buried in Athens on Thursday in a state funeral attended by thousands of mourners and top Greek officials.
Crowds bearing flags clapped and a 21-gun salute rang out as Archbishop Christodoulos' open casket wound through the city centre on a gun carriage, followed by a large cortege on foot.
Schools, courts and government offices were closed as Christodoulos was accorded honours typically granted to heads of state, reflecting the power of a church that represents 97 percent of Greece's native-born population.
Earlier, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew the First, the Istanbul-based spiritual leader of the world's 250 million Orthodox Christians, led morning prayers at Athens Cathedral, a service attended by Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, President Karolos Papoulias and top Orthodox officials.
Bartholomew said the archbishop's death was a great loss for the Orthodox world.
Christodoulos died of cancer at his Athens home Monday, aged 69, prompting an outpouring of public grief.
Preceded by long files of robed priests, the archbishop's casket was carried 1.5 kilometres (1 mile) to the Athens First Cemetery, near the 1,800-year-old temple of Olympian Zeus, accompanied by a guard of honour made up of 900 soldiers.
Flags hung at half-mast across Athens and on the ancient Acropolis.
For four days, tens of thousands of Greeks have stood in line for hours to pay their respects to Christodoulos as he lay in state in the Cathedral.
The archbishop headed Greece's powerful church for a decade, reinvigorating the vast institution.
He eased centuries of tension with the Vatican but angered liberal critics who viewed him as an attention-seeking reactionary who meddled in the affairs of state.
In 2001, Christodoulos received the late John Paul II - the first pope to visit Greece in nearly 1,300 years - despite vigorous protests from Orthodox zealots.
The archbishop followed up in 2006 with a historic visit to the Vatican.
A vocal opponent of issues ranging from homosexuality and globalisation to Turkey's efforts to join the European Union, the archbishop was regularly named Greece's most popular public figure.
No candidates have been declared for Christodoulos' succession but contenders are widely expected to include Metropolitan Bishops Anthimos of Thessaloniki and Hieronymos of Thebes, who both lost in 1998, when the church's Holy Synod elected Christodoulos as leader.
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How crowded is the Acropolis? Athens, Greece
When visiting the famous Acropolis in Athens, Greece be prepared for it to be very crowded.
GREECE, EXPLORING ancient (13th century) Byzantine abandoned church ⛪ outside of ATHENS
SUBSCRIBE: - Let's visit, briefly, this ancient Byzantine church, located around 60 kilometers south of the Greek capital of Athens. It s abandoned and lonely but its architecture is so beautiful, I estimated that it was built around the 13th century AD.
Athens is the capital of Greece. It was also at the heart of Ancient Greece, a powerful civilization and empire. The city is still dominated by 5th-century BC landmarks, including the Acropolis, a hilltop citadel topped with ancient buildings like the colonnaded Parthenon temple. The Acropolis Museum, along with the National Archaeological Museum, preserves sculptures, vases, jewelry and more from Ancient Greece.
Greece is a country in southeastern Europe with thousands of islands throughout the Aegean and Ionian seas. Influential in ancient times, it's often called the cradle of Western civilization. Athens, its capital, retains landmarks including the 5th-century B.C. Acropolis citadel with the Parthenon temple. Greece is also known for its beaches, from the black sands of Santorini to the party resorts of Mykonos.
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CHURCH OF ST. SOFIA ACROSS THE PARTHENON
The church of St. Sofia and her 3 daughters Love, Hope and Faith, is located across the Parthenon, on No. 45 of the pedestrian street that leads to Acropolis, in Athens. During the construction of the church, they discovered a statue of goddess Athena, the goddess of wisdom in ancient Greece. That is why they decided to dedicate it to St. Sofia. Because she was a woman and her name means wisdom in Greek.
Leader of Greece's Orthodox Church, Archbishop Christodoulos, dies
POOL
File - Athens - April 5, 2001
1. Mid of the late Pope John Paul II meeting with Archbishop Christodoulos
2. Archbishop Christodoulos addressing Pope John Paul II
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File - October 21, 2007
3. Mid of Archbishop Christodoulos arriving at St. Sophia church
4. Mid of Christodoulos walking along, UPSOUND: (English)
(Reporter Question: How are you feeling?)
Fine.
5. Archbishop addressing the church during mass
6. SOUNDBITE: (Greek) Archbishop Christodoulos, the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece:
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7. Archbishop Christodoulos leaving church and embracing man
STORYLINE:
Greece's Orthodox Church leader, Archbishop Christodoulos, who eased centuries of tension with the Vatican but angered liberal critics who viewed him as a reactionary figure, died of cancer on Monday aged 69.
Christodoulos, who led the church for a decade, was first hospitalised in Athens in June before being diagnosed with cancer of the liver and large intestine.
He spent 10 weeks in a hospital in Miami. In October a liver transplant operation was cancelled when doctors discovered the cancer had spread. He refused hospital treatment in the final weeks of his life. He died at his home in the Athens suburb of Psyhico, church officials said.
Greek authorities announced three days of national mourning. Across the country flags flew at half-mast, including on top of the ancient Acropolis and on the parliament building. The archbishop's body will lie in state until the funeral, which will likely be held on Thursday, church officials and local authorities said.
Christodoulos was elected church leader in 1998 and is credited with reinvigorating the vast institution that represents 97 percent of Greece's native born population.
He was one of several leaders of national Orthodox churches across the world. Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I is the spiritual leader of the world's 250 million Orthodox Christians.
Christodoulos helped create church Web sites and radio stations, and frequently issued detailed checklists on how black-clad Orthodox priests should conduct themselves in public.
In 2001, Christodoulos received the late John Paul II, the first pope to visit Greece in nearly 1,300 years, in Athens despite protests from other members of the Orthodox church.
The archbishop followed up in 2006 with an historic visit to the Vatican, where he and Pope Benedict XVI signed a joint declaration calling for inter-religious dialogue and pledging opposition to abortion and euthanasia.
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis paid tribute to the bravery the archbishop showed during his sickness in a statement released on Monday.
Christodoulos was born Christos Paraskevaidis in 1939 in the northeastern Greek city of Xanthi, one of two sons of a wholesale food importer and devoutly religious mother.
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Hagia Sophia's church in the byzantine time.
Hagia Sophia's church in the byzantine time. A digital reconstruction.
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Easter by the Acropolis, Athens
Church of the Holy Apostles - Athens (Greece)
The Church of the Holy Apostles (Greek: Ἅγιοι Ἀπόστολοι, Turkish: Havariyyun Kilisesi), also known as the Imperial Polyándreion (Imperial Cemetery), was an Eastern Greek Orthodox church in Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. The first structure dates from the fourth century, although future emperors increase and improve space. It was the second in size and importance only for the Hagia Sophia among the great churches of the capital. When Constantinople fell in the Ottomans in 1453, the Holy Apostles became briefly the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church. Three years later, the building, which was in a dilapidated state, was abandoned by the Patriarch, and in 1461 was demolished by the Ottomans to make room for the Fatih Mosque.
Η σπηλιά του Νταβέλη - Davelis Cave
davelis Cave (Greek: Σπήλαιο Νταβέλη) is a well-known cave in Penteli, a mountain to the north of Athens, Greece.
Davelis Cave was brought to light ca. the 5th century BC. The surrounding area was used as a marble quarry by the builders of the Acropolis, and the cave was discovered by chance, during works for the extraction of marble.
In Antiquity, the cave was a place of worship for the followers of Pan and the nymphs. There is a much smaller cave a few hundred meters up the mountain called Nymphaion or Nymph shrine.[1]
During the Middle Ages, it was used by Orthodox Christian hermits, and later a small church was built at the entrance of the cave, featuring an unusual double layout: one part devoted to Saint Spyridon and one to Saint Nicholas. This unusual layout has led to the construction of the church being associated[who?] with Gnostics.
The cave is also believed to have been (and possibly still is) used by other religious groups, mainly occultists.
Greece celebrates Good Friday
Athens, St. Catherine Church - 8 April 2004
1. Night shot exterior St. Catherine church
2. Wide shot of people placing flowers on a bier which symbolises Christ''s tomb
3. People decorating bier
4. Close up of people decorating bier putting carnations into frame
5. Pull out from the figure of Christ on a cross inside church to outside
6. People decorating bier
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vasso Efthimiadiou, Bier decorator:
This behind us is the grave of Jesus Christ that we are preparing for tomorrow where they put the body of the Christ inside.
Athens, St. Catherine Church - 9 April 2004
8. Exterior shot St. Catherine church with bell ringing
9. Flower-decorated bier with Bible and the Epitafios (an embroidered piece of cloth depicting the burial of Christ) inside with people in line waiting to pay respects
10. People waiting in line before Epitafios to pay respect
11. Man makes sign of cross and kisses Epitafios
Athens, St. Demetrios Loubardiaris Church - 9 April 2004
12. People waiting before Epitafios to pay respects
13. Close up of woman kissing Bible and of other woman taking flower petals from Epitafios
14. Woman lighting candles
Athens, St. Sophia Church - 9 April 2004
15. Wide shot of Epitafios and candle stand
16. Woman kissing Epitafios
17. Man kissing Bible and Epitafios
18. Close up of woman kissing Bible and making sign of cross
Athens, St. Catherine Church - 9 April 2004
19. Pan down from domed ceiling of church to Epitafios
20. SOUNDBITE: (Greek) Kostas Bassiakos, Jeweller and bier designer and decorator for more than 50 years:
In the morning the Epitafios is decorated. When the priest opens the church, the Epitafios and everything is ready. Then there is a liturgy where the body of Christ is taken off the cross which lasts until noon. And from that point, all day people pay respects to the Epitafios until night when the liturgy will begin again and the procession of the Epitafios takes place.
Athens, St. Demetrios Loubardiaris Church - 9 April 2004
21. Wide shot of people holding candles outside church
22. People holding candles outside church
23. Pan from people with candles in front of church to church
24. Procession begins with cross and other religious symbols leaving church
25. Epitafios outside church
26. Procession
27. Epitafios in procession
28. Zoom out of Epitafios dome
29. Pan of people holding candles in procession following Epitafios
30. Close-up of people in procession
31. Zoom out of Epitafios to view of Parthenon on top of Acropolis hill
32. Wide shot people holding candles in procession
STORYLINE:
Greek Orthodox Christians continued Holy Week celebrations on Friday with millions of the faithful around the country attending Good Friday services and processions.
A flower-decorated bier representing Christ''s tomb was carried around every parish in the country trailed by thousands of penitents carrying candles.
The biers contained a Bible and the Epitafios - a cloth embroidered with the image of Christ''s burial.
The biers were decorated late on Thursday with thousands of flowers.
Following a liturgy on Friday morning during which a figure of Christ is taken off the cross, the Epitafios is placed in the bier, which symbolises Christ''s tomb.
Throughout the day, Christians come to pay their respects at the bier, which takes on the name Epitafios, after the cloth it now contains. People make the sign of the cross and kiss the Bible and the cloth.
During the evening service, the Epitafios heads a procession similar to a funeral service.
At the end, the faithful receive the flowers from the bier, which are considered blessed following the service.
Greek Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter on Sunday.
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Show the love, Vote for Taj
Go to new7wonders.com to pick and vote for the Taj Mahal of India. Be part of the making of history.
Vote for Taj Mahal as one of the new seven wonders of the world.Launched in 2000 by the New 7 Wonders Society, a Swiss group with the preservation of man-made heritage close to its heart, the hunt was on for the new seven wonders of the world.
With strict rules like all nominations having to be man-made, be in an acceptable state of preservation and to have been completed by 2000, 30 potential wonders are short listed and the Taj Mahal at Agra (India) is amongst them.
Launched in 2000 by the New 7 Wonders Society, a Swiss group with the preservation of man-made heritage close to its heart, the hunt was on for the new seven wonders of the world.
Nominations were whittled down by public votes to 77 last year. Then a panel of architectural experts, chaired by former UNESCO chief Federico Mayor, shortened the list to 21. Interest has grown as Weber and his 10-member team visit the 21 sites. Their final visit will be March 6, 2007 to New York's Statue of Liberty.
In fact the Taj Mahal is the only Indian landmark to have made it in to the short list.
With 21 new world wonder finalists battling it out for just seven places, the Taj Mahal is, up against some pretty heavy weight competition including the Great Wall of China, the Acropolis, The Inca City of Machu Picchu in Peru and of course the Pyramids.
But with the New 7 Wonders due to be announced live on television around the world on 7th July, 2007, you've still got a bit of time left to cast your vote.
The 21 finalists for the New Seven Wonders of the World, alphabetically:
Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Alhambra, Granada, Spain
Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia
Chichen Itza Aztec site, Yucatan, Mexico
Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Colosseum, Rome
Easter Island Statues, Chile
Eiffel Tower, Paris
Great Wall, China
Hagia Sophia Church, Istanbul, Turkey
Kyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan
Kremlin/St.Basil's, Moscow
Machu Picchu, Peru
Neuschwanstein Castle, Fussen, Germany
Petra ancient city, Jordan
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Statue of Liberty, New York
Stonehenge, Amesbury, United Kingdom
Sydney Opera House, Australia
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Timbuktu city, Mali
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church - Holy Tuesday 4/3/18
The Choir of St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church in Albany NY, under the direction of Harry J. Ermides performed The Hymn of Kassiane on April 3, 2018 during the Service of the Bridegroom on Holy Tuesday evening. The hymn was written by the Nun Kassia (ca 810 - ca 867) and was arranged by Nicholas Roubanis.
Kassia was a Byzantine abbess and composer of liturgical chants and hymns. According to tradition, she defied Emperor Theophilos, during a bride show in which a woman was selected as queen on the basis of her physical appearance rather than her compassion, honesty, or her ability to lead. Casting his eye upon the charms of a lovely woman named Icasia, the emperor declared that in this world women were the occasion of much evil (referring to the Biblical fall of man). And surely, sir, said Kassia, they have likewise been the occasion of much good. Theophilos chose Icasia and rejected Kassia. The incident, however, led to Kassia's religious calling as a nun and abbess, where her vocation, leadership and musical gifts flourished.
25th Anniversary Of Greek Independence (1948)
Athens, Greece.
25th anniversary of Greek independence. Documentation states the students deliver a contribution to the World Fund raising for the child (?).
MS. Men and Women students lined up. MS. The Greek Minister of National Education waiting to receive sum of money from Students. MS. Girl in National costume, holding purse of money. reading address to the Minister. MS. She presents it to Minister Another girl and another give him money. MS. handing over money to the Minister. LS. Pan down from the Atticus of Acropolis, to students gathering below. LS. MS. Students Parading before the Minister of Education. (5 shots) LS. Motorcycle escort preceding King Paul's car to the Cathedral Church of Athens where to Te Deum service was held. M.S. King Paul alighting from car followed by the Crown Prince Constantine and two little Princesses Sophia and Irene. He walks up steps and is greeted by a Minister. MS. They enter cathedral preceded by Archbishop Damaskinos. LS. Elevated shot of military array in Cathedral Square. MS. Two Evzones in crowd. MS. Women in national Costume in crowd. LS. Elevated shot troops lined up in Square. LS. King's car with motorcycle escort driving. along crowd-lined street. (2 shots) MS. A military band. MS. King Paul laying a wreath on the Tomb on the Unknown Warrior. He steps back and salutes. LS. The King saluting. (3 shots) MS. The tomb of the Unknown Warrior. LS. War Disabled and nurses in parade before the King. LS. Motorcycle column in parade. LS. Armoured cars tilt up to 'planes flying in formation overhead. LS. Motorised column in parade (5 shots) M.S. Tanks rolling along. LS. Motor Vehicles. MS. Heavy Artillery (2 shots) LS. Infantry LS. Officials watching from overhead balcony, pan down to notice over door - 'Greek War Relief Association & infantry marching past. SCU. Angle shot infantry marching past. MS. infantry (3 shots) MS. Soldiers leading Alsatian in parade. LS. Back view Soldiers leading Alsatians in parade. MS. Naval band. LS. Troops marching.
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Byzantine Churches of Athens and Attica
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God's Love Church Athens Greece Europe missiongr
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