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Showing posts with label Greece 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greece 2013. Show all posts
26 December 2013

Crete’s icon writers: a living tradition
offering new opportunities for mission

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My photograph of ‘The Incarnation’ by Eleftheria Syrianoglou, a ‘table icon’ in a recent exhibition in Rethymnon, features on the front cove...
28 October 2013

A laconic and direct ‘No’ for
the cause of Greek liberty

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The Greek flag flying over the Acropolis in Athens (Photograph: Patrick Comerford) Patrick Comerford Today is celebrated by Greek commun...
04 October 2013

The pleasure of being part of
Greek journalism for a day

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‘The kiosk. / Standing on its feet all day/ with its small-stock melancholy, / dressed / in its afternoon papers’ (Kiki Dimoula) ... afterno...
18 September 2013

Thinking about the seashores of Crete

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Στο περιγιάλι το κρυφό ... On the secret seashore ... on the beach in Rethymnon earlier this month (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2013) P...
07 September 2013

‘The Doors! The Doors! In wisdom, let us attend!’

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Looking across the roofs of Rethymnon from the terrace above the Centre for Byzantine Art (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2013) Patrick Co...
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06 September 2013

‘I hope for nothing, I fear nothing, I am free’:
visiting the grave of Nikos Kazantzakis

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The grave of Nikos Kazantzakis on the walls of Iraklion (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2013) Patrick Comerford Δεν ελπίζω τίποτα. Δε ...

In the Greece that few tourists ever
wander in, I still need to pay in cash

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A worn and battered sculpture on Tsagri Street in Rethymnon speaks of the present sufferings of Greek people (Photograph: Patrick Comerford,...
05 September 2013

The covered balconies of Rethymnon:
a unique part of Ottoman architecture

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The once-elegant balcony above the bicycle shop on Paleologou Street is a unique piece of Rethymnon’s architectural heritage but is in dange...
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04 September 2013

A folk museum in Rethymnon
that tells ‘The Tale of a Town’

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Looking out onto Vernadou Street from the arcade of the and Folk Art Museum of Rethymnon (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2013) Patrick Com...

The pleasures and traditions of
Crete’s olive groves and olive oil

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Olive groves in the mountains above Rethymnon (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2013) Patrick Comerford It is a tree, self-born, self gro...
03 September 2013

The 12 Byzantine families: a legend
recalled in the streets of Rethymnon

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The story of the 12 Byzantine families, whether it is legend or history, is part of the story of Crete .... a window display in Omodamos sho...
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