August 15: Dormition And Fires

First of all, I need to apologize if this post ends up being a bit of a downer. I always strive to keep my blog positive, as you know. Not today. Originally, I wanted to write today about yesterday’s celebration of the Dormition of the Virgin, the third...

About the Recent Fire

Many of you have contacted me to ask about the recent fires. As you may have heard, we had two big forest fires raging not 30-40 minutes from our house. One from the North (Kalamos) and one from the East (Mati-Rafina). Different ones, too. I spent most of that evening...