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.

Summer Solstice, Full Moon, and Demeter Arriving

So yesterday was the Summer Solstice. I know that Hellenists in Greece honor the Titan Prometheus on the first day of summer. The documentary 'I Still Worship Zeus' showed that. I think that honoring Prometheus is fitting. As for me I didn't celebrate the Summer Solstice yesterday. I got suckered into adopting a kitten that is a pure monster. Lol! I also didn't observe the Full Moon as said monster made me tired.

Yes, she's a nightmare in itself. Lol! However yesterday my Demeter statue arrived from Greece. I really love how there's detail on this statue. At least I think there's detail.

























I hope that you all had a good Summer Solstice, Full Moon, and that the gods continue to bless you through the remaining of this month.

My Apollo Bust Came In

My Apollo bust came in, which I'm so excited about. This was from Greece, as well, and came in one piece. So I'm going to show you all what it looks like and the postcard that was included.

GreekReporter.com Article

So I saw this article about two days ago and I'm going to say this; 'what the heck did I just read?' The article was about the Greeks coming back to their roots. What the article ended up being is a piece that claims something when it's not what it claims to be. First of all their called temples, not 'churches.' Churches is a Christian term. Another thing is why would Hellenist smear waste products on icons? I don't really get that.

And, yes, churches were built on sites where the gods had been worshiped. Sometimes those temples were turned into churches. I wish that journalism was getting better but it's only getting worst. And the amount of articles that I've seen, including the one that I mentioned about the Orlando shooting and how anti-LGBT people are somehow cold blooded murderers and all that is another example. Keep things classy, or, at least, accurate, stop posting nonsense, and get your facts straight.