The Athenian Month of Hekatombaion Begins

At sundown we entered the Athenian month of Hekatombaion. This is the first Hellenic month of the new year and a new start for everyone. So I'm including all the Hellenic holiday's, once again, so that readers can follow. Have a good month and may the gods bless you.

July 5: Nourmia
July 6: Agathos Daemon
July 7: Honoring Athena
July 8: Honoring Aphrodite, Hermes, Heracles, Eros
July 9: (During the day) Libations to Athena
July 10: Honoring Artemis
July 11: Honoring Apollo
July 12: Honoring Poseidon and Theseus
July 16: Kronia
July 19: Full Moon (Honoring Hecate, Selene, and Artemis)
July 20: Sunoikia
July 27-August 3: Panthenaia
August 1: Athena's Birth
August 2: Hena Kai Nea (New Moon, Honoring Hecate)


Have a good month.

Celebrating Freedom as an American Hellenist

So, during the day, I will be doing something that I've done many times. And that's celebrating the date that America won it's independence from Great Britain. Even though, today, many people admire the royal family over two hundred years ago this wasn't the case. Great Britain passed a series of taxes against it's colonies and the colonists weren't having any of it. If your were raised in the States then you know all about the American Revolutionary war, the only revolution that was successful, and you know about the Boston Tea Party.

What amazed me was that I use to live in Mass and I went to Salem Mass. On the side of one of the shops there's a sign that states that this is where the 'Sons of the Revolution planned the Boston Tea Party.' To see that history was just amazing. Down here it's mostly the Civil War and historical monuments. So I'm going to be blessing the fire to Hestia today and cooking my food, happy that I have freedom of religion and that I can worship my gods.

I will also be giving an offering to Athena and thanking her for blessing the colonists with victory as well as Ares. I hope that those Hellenists that live here have a good one and lets also pray for the protection of our Hellenist friends in Greece, who don't have the blessing of freedom of religion that we do.

Hena Kai Nea (New Moon, July 2016)

So when the sun comes down the New Moon begins and we honor the goddess Hecate. I'm going to say that I'm really glad that this month is coming to an end. I'm not saying that it was a bad month just filled with too much horror. With what happened in Orlando to all the other nonsense that happened as well. I look forward to doing my ritual and to honor Hecate. May your New Moon be as good for you as it will be for me.

Let's hope that the new month will be better.

Hellenic Altar for July

My altar's location has changed and this is my altar for this month. Enjoy! And, yes, my lighting still sucks.