Holidays & Festivals | HELLENISM 101

Holidays don't have to be scary! This is a brief overview of how to make Ancient Greek Festivals work for the solo practitioner. Here is the ritual outline and festival questionnaire I mentioned! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YU_-AHynjJX37hf9Bb4cSVUnHxXlBMU4EtBsn2bNgx8/edit?usp=sharing ❧ OTHER CALENDAR AND FESTIVAL INFORMATION • 2022 Attic Calendar: https://thegrapeandthefig.com/calendar/ • Hellenion's pages on Attic Festivals: https://www.hellenion.org/festivals/ • (Mildly Chatoic) List of Ancient Greek Festivals: https://hearthfirehandworks.com/2015/12/19/festivals-a-list-of-greek-pagan-festivals-and-holy-days/ • Festivals We Know Nothing About: https://thegrapeandthefig.com/2021/05/01/festivals-we-know-almost-nothing-about-part-1/ Like what I do? Support me on Ko-Fi 🤗 https://ko-fi.com/feltheblithe For business inquiries: [email protected] ❧ YOUTUBE CHANNELS • Aliakai: https: https://www.youtube.com/c/Aliakai/featured I also am a co-host of the the podcast Test Tubes and Cauldrons, an intersection of science and spirituality. Find us here or anywhere you get podcasts:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG2s0Zf78zGLAOOg-u7GhUw ❧ SONGS • Good King Wenceslas by Royal Choral Society, 1948 FROM EPIDEMIC SOUND: • Silent Night (Lofi Version) by [ocean jams] • We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Lofi Version) by Timothy Infinite • The First Noel (Lofi Version) by Matt Large • Angels We Have Heard on High (Lofi Version) by Matt Large • O Come All Ye Faithful (Bornlof Piano Version) by Johannes Bornlof ❧ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Short film 1:10 Introduction 2:46 Problems with the calendar 5:25 Basic ancient Greek ritual format 8:17 Looking at a festival through this format 9:27 Going deeper with festivals 9:54 Purpose 11:25 Time 14:36 Expression 16:09 Advice on reconstructing festivals 16:42 Do I have to celebrate all the festivals? 18:11 What if there are missing pieces of information? 19:12 What if I'm solitary? 21:21 Adapting festivals and creating new ones 23:53 Final thoughts