August Newsletter

August Newsletter

This Month
	Summer Sale: T-shirts
	Greek Customs and Traditions in America
	What's New!!!!
	"The Evil Eye"
	Saint Namedays in August.
	August Recipe.
	Suggestions & Comments.
	Subscription Information.

	August Recipe: Potato Salad (Patatosalata)
Ingredients: 4 Large potatoes 1 Small onion, sliced in rings 3 Spring onions, chopped 2 Tablespoons chopped parsley, mint or dill 1 carrot, cooked and sliced The Dressing: 1/3 Cup olive oil 1/4 Cup lemon juice or vinegar 1/2 Teaspoon dry mustard (optional) salt, pepper to taste Preparation: Rub and wash the potatoes. Boil them in their skins until tender. Drain, peel and cut into thick slices. Place into a salad bowl, and add the rest of the ingredients. In a well covered jar mix and shake all the dressing ingredients. In a well-covered jar mix and shake all the dressing ingredients. Pour it over the potatoes and toss well. Cover and let the potato salad marinate for a few hours before serving. Excerpts from: "Greek Cuisine" Vefa Alexiadou Are you missing Greek delicacies, desserts, coffee?
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Greek Customs and Traditions in America:
The dormition of the Mother of God- Excerpts from:




August 15th The Orthodox revere the Mother of God (Theotokos) above any other saint in the church. She always stands on Christ's right-hand side in each church iconostasion, and an enormous icon of her with Christ child dominates the space above the altar. Through her, the Virgin Mary, Christ proves his humanity. Four of the church's twelve great feast days are devoted to her, of which The Dormition is the most significant. Two weeks of fasting and special prayer services precede August 15 when the faithful crowd the church to honor her and remember her feast day. People commonly refer to the day as "Tis Panagias" ("Panagia's (feast day). Preparation The Dormition of the Mother of God Lent (August 1-14) The devout prepare for this great feast day by fasting for two weeks, from August 1 to the evening of August 14. Fish is permitted on August 6, The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. No weddings may be performed during these two weeks.

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"The Evil Eye"

Amongst Greek superstitions, the Evil Eye is one of the oldest and widely believed myths. According to superstition, a glance of the Evil Eye is believed to have the ability to cause injury or death on those who it falls. Belief in the evil eye is ancient and ubiquitous: it occurred in ancient Greece and Rome, is found in Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, and Hindu traditions and in folk cultures and preliterate societies. The evil eye has persisted throughout the world into modern times. In Greek history, Evil Eye charms can be traced to Ancient Greece. Paintings found on Greek triremes over two thousand years old, feature an Eye painted at the front of the trireme in an attempt to ward off the Evil Eye and protect the trireme while at sea. In Jewish culture, the evil eye (or "ayin harah" in Hebrew) is thought to be connected to one of the Ten Commandments, and is very much a part of basic Judaism. Arabs have also been known to include blue into amulets and gold coins since according to superstition blue provides protection from the effects of the Evil Eye. A painting of an Evil Eye is also known to be as effective, and Turkish glass artists have been creating such charms (known as "Nazar Bonjuk") for centuries. Today, it its impossible walk through a Greek jewelry or gift store without encountering blue glass Evil Eyes in many sizes and shapes. GreekShops.com offers a wide selection of Evil Eye jewelry and decorative items for your home. These are hand-made pieces imported from Greece which can protect you against the Evil Eye for years to come!
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Saints' Namedays in August

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
				1	2	3
4	5	6 Sotiris, Sotiria	7 Asteriou	8 Kassianos Triantaphillos	9	10
11	12	13	14	15 Assumption Day - Koimisis tis Theotokou, Panagiotis, Maria, Despina, Marios	16 Stamatios	17
18	19	20	21	22	23 Kallinikos	24 Kosma tou Aitolou
25	26 Andrianou & Natalias, Adrianos, Nathalia, Natalia (Adrian)	27 Phanourios	28	29	30 Alexandrou, Alexandros (Alexandra, Sandra, Sander, Alexander)	31

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