Gamelion updates

On the day of the Hene kai Nea, I post a monthly update about things that happened on the blog and in projects and organizations related to it. I will also announce Elaion's coming PAT rituals.

Changes to the blog:

• Remember that pile of questions from you that were waiting to be answered? Yeah... it just got bigger...

Statistics:

• A little over 810.000 views right now!
• 29.000 of those hits happened in the last month
• The top five most popular posts were: Homosexuality in ancient Hellas: terminology issue (238), Rite of passage into the underworld (234), PAT ritual announcements for the sacrifice to Kourotrophos and Apollon Delphios & Apollon Lykeios‏ (233), 25 Things we would not have without ancient Hellas (229), Socrates' regiment of physical endurance (219)

PAT rituals for Anthesterion:

• 1/30 - Anthesterion 2 - Sacrifice to Dionysos at Erkhia
• 2/8-2/10 - Anthesterion 11-13 - Anthesteria - wine festival in honor of Dionysos
• 2/13 - Anthesterion 16 - Sacrifice to Dionysos and Semele at Erkhia
• 2/17-2/23 - Anthesterion 20-26 - Lesser Mysteries in preparation for the Eleusinian Mysteries
• 2/20 - Anthesterion Diasia - festival in honor of Zeus Meilichios

Anything else?

The The Malala Fund has become Pandora's Kharis Gamelion 2017 cause. Malala Fund wants to see a world where every girl can complete 12 years of safe, quality education. They advocate—at local, national and international levels—for resources and policy changes needed to ensure all girls complete 12 years of school.

The deadline to donate is tomorrow, January 28th, 2017. You can do so by using the PayPal option to the side of the Pandora's Kharis website or by donating directly to baring.the.aegis@gmail.com. Thank you in advance!

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• Saturday, January 28, 2017
  current affairs Elaion monthly update PAT