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The Mayor of Bassano del Grappa, Elena
Pavan (Center) addresses the public during the centenary celebration of the Unknown Soldier in Bassan...

#7543632

Centenary Celebration Of The Unknown Soldier In Bassano Del Grappa

17 December 2021

The Mayor of Bassano del Grappa, Elena
Pavan (Center) addresses the public during the centenary celebration of the Unknown Soldier in Bassan...

#7543632

17 December 2021

The Mayor of Bassano del Grappa, Elena Pavan (Center) addresses the public during the centenary celebration of the Unknown Soldier in Bassano del Grappa. On Sunday, October 17, 2021, in Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, Italy.


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The Mayor of Bassano del Grappa, Elena
Pavan (Center) addresses the public during the centenary celebration of the Unknown Soldier in Bassan...

#7543604

Centenary Celebration Of The Unknown Soldier In Bassano Del Grappa

17 December 2021

The Mayor of Bassano del Grappa, Elena
Pavan (Center) addresses the public during the centenary celebration of the Unknown Soldier in Bassan...

#7543604

17 December 2021

The Mayor of Bassano del Grappa, Elena Pavan (Center) addresses the public during the centenary celebration of the Unknown Soldier in Bassano del Grappa. On Sunday, October 17, 2021, in Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, Italy.


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The Mayor of Bassano del Grappa, Elena
Pavan (Center) and other local politicians during the centenary celebration of the Unknown Soldier in...

#7543594

Centenary Celebration Of The Unknown Soldier In Bassano Del Grappa

17 December 2021

The Mayor of Bassano del Grappa, Elena
Pavan (Center) and other local politicians during the centenary celebration of the Unknown Soldier in...

#7543594

17 December 2021

The Mayor of Bassano del Grappa, Elena Pavan (Center) and other local politicians during the centenary celebration of the Unknown Soldier in Bassano del Grappa. On Sunday, October 17, 2021, in Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, Italy.


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The Mayor of Bassano del Grappa, Elena
Pavan (Center) seen during the centenary celebration of the Unknown Soldier in Bassano del Grappa.
On...

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Centenary Celebration Of The Unknown Soldier In Bassano Del Grappa

17 December 2021

The Mayor of Bassano del Grappa, Elena
Pavan (Center) seen during the centenary celebration of the Unknown Soldier in Bassano del Grappa.
On...

#7543590

17 December 2021

The Mayor of Bassano del Grappa, Elena Pavan (Center) seen during the centenary celebration of the Unknown Soldier in Bassano del Grappa. On Sunday, October 17, 2021, in Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, Italy.


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The Mayor of Bassano del Grappa, Elena
Pavan (Center) addresses the public during the centenary celebration of the Unknown Soldier in Bassan...

#7543586

Centenary Celebration Of The Unknown Soldier In Bassano Del Grappa

17 December 2021

The Mayor of Bassano del Grappa, Elena
Pavan (Center) addresses the public during the centenary celebration of the Unknown Soldier in Bassan...

#7543586

17 December 2021

The Mayor of Bassano del Grappa, Elena Pavan (Center) addresses the public during the centenary celebration of the Unknown Soldier in Bassano del Grappa. On Sunday, October 17, 2021, in Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, Italy.


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Giuseppe Morganti, Paolo Corsini, Gianna Gancia, Jean-Pierre Muller, Cristina Luristini, Pagani, Laurence Fehlmann Rielle, Jean-Charles Riel...

#2890554

Meeting Free Iran-Alternative In Paris

1 July 2018

Giuseppe Morganti, Paolo Corsini, Gianna Gancia, Jean-Pierre Muller, Cristina Luristini, Pagani, Laurence Fehlmann Rielle, Jean-Charles Riel...

#2890554

1 July 2018

Giuseppe Morganti, Paolo Corsini, Gianna Gancia, Jean-Pierre Muller, Cristina Luristini, Pagani, Laurence Fehlmann Rielle, Jean-Charles Rielle, Roger Lyons, Sir Alan Meale, Marcin Swiecicki, Michal Kaminski, Valentina Leskaj, Judy Sgro, Alexandra Mendes, Tahar Boumedra, Juan Garces. Faisal Al Rfouh, Anwar Abdelrahman, Amal Alhazzani, Yazan Al Eryani, Jean-Franois Legaret, Rt Revd Bishop John Pritchard, Andrew Caplen, Lord Singh, Roberto Rampi, Mino Taricco, Marica Montemaggi, Candice Bergen, Senator Brian Somhnaill, Senator Gerry Horkan, Ivan Sascha Sheehan, Cantwell Thomas, Gary Morsch, Wesley Martin, Raymond Tanter, Nick Fluck. Martin Patzelt, Eduard Lintner, Ad Melkert, Salman Al Ansari, Mohammed Al Sulanni, Ibrahim Al Marie, Baroness Liz Redfern, Bob Blackman, Roger Godsiff MP, Ben Oni Ardelean, Marith Nybakk, Lars Rise, Maria Candida Almeida, Maria Elena Elverdin, Rajana Kumari, Munizal Jahangir, Fatmir Mediu, Michael Pregent, Adam Ereli, Walid Phares. Struan Stevenson, Dr Matthew Offord, Sir David Amess, Franois Colcombet, Alain Vivien, Yves Bonnet, Baroness Verma, Philippe Gosselin, Michele de Vaucouleurs, Linda Chavez, Maria Ryan, Kathy Loubbers, Giulio Maria Terzi, Robert Joseph, Robert Toricelli, Mitchell Reiss, Lincoln Bloomfield, Charles Wald, James Conway, George William Casey. First raw : Raid Yassine, Rama Yade, Philippe Douste Blazy, Ingrid Betancourt, Bernard Kouchner, Bill Richardson, John Baird, Stephen Harper, Ana Fotyga, Maryam Rajavi, Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gringrich, Pandeli Majko, Enkeledja Majko, Michael Mukasey, Louis Freech, Rt Hon Theresa, Frances Townsend, Salah Alkalab, Sid Ahmed Ghazali. Family picture of Iran's opposition leader Maryam Rajavi . Annual Gathering of Free Iran-Alternative 100 ASHRAF at the Villepinte exhibition North of Paris, France, June 30, 2018. Siavosh Hosseini.


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Giuseppe Morganti, Paolo Corsini, Gianna Gancia, Jean-Pierre Muller, Cristina Luristini, Pagani, Laurence Fehlmann Rielle, Jean-Charles Riel...

#2890556

Meeting Free Iran-Alternative In Paris

1 July 2018

Giuseppe Morganti, Paolo Corsini, Gianna Gancia, Jean-Pierre Muller, Cristina Luristini, Pagani, Laurence Fehlmann Rielle, Jean-Charles Riel...

#2890556

1 July 2018

Giuseppe Morganti, Paolo Corsini, Gianna Gancia, Jean-Pierre Muller, Cristina Luristini, Pagani, Laurence Fehlmann Rielle, Jean-Charles Rielle, Roger Lyons, Sir Alan Meale, Marcin Swiecicki, Michal Kaminski, Valentina Leskaj, Judy Sgro, Alexandra Mendes, Tahar Boumedra, Juan Garces. Faisal Al Rfouh, Anwar Abdelrahman, Amal Alhazzani, Yazan Al Eryani, Jean-Franois Legaret, Rt Revd Bishop John Pritchard, Andrew Caplen, Lord Singh, Roberto Rampi, Mino Taricco, Marica Montemaggi, Candice Bergen, Senator Brian Somhnaill, Senator Gerry Horkan, Ivan Sascha Sheehan, Cantwell Thomas, Gary Morsch, Wesley Martin, Raymond Tanter, Nick Fluck. Martin Patzelt, Eduard Lintner, Ad Melkert, Salman Al Ansari, Mohammed Al Sulanni, Ibrahim Al Marie, Baroness Liz Redfern, Bob Blackman, Roger Godsiff MP, Ben Oni Ardelean, Marith Nybakk, Lars Rise, Maria Candida Almeida, Maria Elena Elverdin, Rajana Kumari, Munizal Jahangir, Fatmir Mediu, Michael Pregent, Adam Ereli, Walid Phares. Struan Stevenson, Dr Matthew Offord, Sir David Amess, Franois Colcombet, Alain Vivien, Yves Bonnet, Baroness Verma, Philippe Gosselin, Michele de Vaucouleurs, Linda Chavez, Maria Ryan, Kathy Loubbers, Giulio Maria Terzi, Robert Joseph, Robert Toricelli, Mitchell Reiss, Lincoln Bloomfield, Charles Wald, James Conway, George William Casey. First raw : Raid Yassine, Rama Yade, Philippe Douste Blazy, Ingrid Betancourt, Bernard Kouchner, Bill Richardson, John Baird, Stephen Harper, Ana Fotyga, Maryam Rajavi, Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gringrich, Pandeli Majko, Enkeledja Majko, Michael Mukasey, Louis Freech, Rt Hon Theresa, Frances Townsend, Salah Alkalab, Sid Ahmed Ghazali. Family picture of Iran's opposition leader Maryam Rajavi . Annual Gathering of Free Iran-Alternative 100 ASHRAF at the Villepinte exhibition North of Paris, France, June 30, 2018. Siavosh Hosseini.


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Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on...

#1652091

Anastenaria ritual, fire walk in Agia Eleni village, Northern Greece

19 January 2017

Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on...

#1652091

19 January 2017

Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on burning fire, on coals. There is a dancing ritual with traditional music instruments like lyra and daouli. Participants are purifying themselves through dance and water and they are in ecstasies so they can walk on the fire. The bishop of the area of the Greek Orthodox church does not recognize it as Christian and declares that has pagan origins. Today they walked inside the Konaki, the building, nearby is a chapel/water spring after Saint Helen. Today is Saint Athanasios day, a very popular day that is accompanied with many traditions across the Christian world. It is actually barefoot walking on burning fire, on coals. There is a dancing ritual with traditional thracian music instruments like lyra and drum. Participants are purifying themselves through dance and water and they are in ecstasies so they can walk on the fire. The central figures of the tradition are Saint Constantine and Saint Helen. Today they walked and danced inside the Konaki that is a special shrine, the building, nearby is a chapel/water spring after Saint Helen. The custom originated in the Middle Ages when the church of Saint Constantine in their original home in Kosti, now in Bulgaria, caught fire. Many ethnographers have argued that the Anastenaria are vestiges of ancient practices of cults of god Dionysus in ancient Greece.


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Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on...

#1652092

Anastenaria ritual, fire walk in Agia Eleni village, Northern Greece

19 January 2017

Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on...

#1652092

19 January 2017

Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on burning fire, on coals. There is a dancing ritual with traditional music instruments like lyra and daouli. Participants are purifying themselves through dance and water and they are in ecstasies so they can walk on the fire. The bishop of the area of the Greek Orthodox church does not recognize it as Christian and declares that has pagan origins. Today they walked inside the Konaki, the building, nearby is a chapel/water spring after Saint Helen. Today is Saint Athanasios day, a very popular day that is accompanied with many traditions across the Christian world. It is actually barefoot walking on burning fire, on coals. There is a dancing ritual with traditional thracian music instruments like lyra and drum. Participants are purifying themselves through dance and water and they are in ecstasies so they can walk on the fire. The central figures of the tradition are Saint Constantine and Saint Helen. Today they walked and danced inside the Konaki that is a special shrine, the building, nearby is a chapel/water spring after Saint Helen. The custom originated in the Middle Ages when the church of Saint Constantine in their original home in Kosti, now in Bulgaria, caught fire. Many ethnographers have argued that the Anastenaria are vestiges of ancient practices of cults of god Dionysus in ancient Greece.


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Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on...

#1652094

Anastenaria ritual, fire walk in Agia Eleni village, Northern Greece

19 January 2017

Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on...

#1652094

19 January 2017

Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on burning fire, on coals. There is a dancing ritual with traditional music instruments like lyra and daouli. Participants are purifying themselves through dance and water and they are in ecstasies so they can walk on the fire. The bishop of the area of the Greek Orthodox church does not recognize it as Christian and declares that has pagan origins. Today they walked inside the Konaki, the building, nearby is a chapel/water spring after Saint Helen. Today is Saint Athanasios day, a very popular day that is accompanied with many traditions across the Christian world. It is actually barefoot walking on burning fire, on coals. There is a dancing ritual with traditional thracian music instruments like lyra and drum. Participants are purifying themselves through dance and water and they are in ecstasies so they can walk on the fire. The central figures of the tradition are Saint Constantine and Saint Helen. Today they walked and danced inside the Konaki that is a special shrine, the building, nearby is a chapel/water spring after Saint Helen. The custom originated in the Middle Ages when the church of Saint Constantine in their original home in Kosti, now in Bulgaria, caught fire. Many ethnographers have argued that the Anastenaria are vestiges of ancient practices of cults of god Dionysus in ancient Greece.


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Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on...

#1652095

Anastenaria ritual, fire walk in Agia Eleni village, Northern Greece

19 January 2017

Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on...

#1652095

19 January 2017

Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on burning fire, on coals. There is a dancing ritual with traditional music instruments like lyra and daouli. Participants are purifying themselves through dance and water and they are in ecstasies so they can walk on the fire. The bishop of the area of the Greek Orthodox church does not recognize it as Christian and declares that has pagan origins. Today they walked inside the Konaki, the building, nearby is a chapel/water spring after Saint Helen. Today is Saint Athanasios day, a very popular day that is accompanied with many traditions across the Christian world. It is actually barefoot walking on burning fire, on coals. There is a dancing ritual with traditional thracian music instruments like lyra and drum. Participants are purifying themselves through dance and water and they are in ecstasies so they can walk on the fire. The central figures of the tradition are Saint Constantine and Saint Helen. Today they walked and danced inside the Konaki that is a special shrine, the building, nearby is a chapel/water spring after Saint Helen. The custom originated in the Middle Ages when the church of Saint Constantine in their original home in Kosti, now in Bulgaria, caught fire. Many ethnographers have argued that the Anastenaria are vestiges of ancient practices of cults of god Dionysus in ancient Greece.


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Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on...

#1652096

Anastenaria ritual, fire walk in Agia Eleni village, Northern Greece

19 January 2017

Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on...

#1652096

19 January 2017

Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on burning fire, on coals. There is a dancing ritual with traditional music instruments like lyra and daouli. Participants are purifying themselves through dance and water and they are in ecstasies so they can walk on the fire. The bishop of the area of the Greek Orthodox church does not recognize it as Christian and declares that has pagan origins. Today they walked inside the Konaki, the building, nearby is a chapel/water spring after Saint Helen. Today is Saint Athanasios day, a very popular day that is accompanied with many traditions across the Christian world. It is actually barefoot walking on burning fire, on coals. There is a dancing ritual with traditional thracian music instruments like lyra and drum. Participants are purifying themselves through dance and water and they are in ecstasies so they can walk on the fire. The central figures of the tradition are Saint Constantine and Saint Helen. Today they walked and danced inside the Konaki that is a special shrine, the building, nearby is a chapel/water spring after Saint Helen. The custom originated in the Middle Ages when the church of Saint Constantine in their original home in Kosti, now in Bulgaria, caught fire. Many ethnographers have argued that the Anastenaria are vestiges of ancient practices of cults of god Dionysus in ancient Greece.


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Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on...

#1652097

Anastenaria ritual, fire walk in Agia Eleni village, Northern Greece

19 January 2017

Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on...

#1652097

19 January 2017

Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on burning fire, on coals. There is a dancing ritual with traditional music instruments like lyra and daouli. Participants are purifying themselves through dance and water and they are in ecstasies so they can walk on the fire. The bishop of the area of the Greek Orthodox church does not recognize it as Christian and declares that has pagan origins. Today they walked inside the Konaki, the building, nearby is a chapel/water spring after Saint Helen. Today is Saint Athanasios day, a very popular day that is accompanied with many traditions across the Christian world. It is actually barefoot walking on burning fire, on coals. There is a dancing ritual with traditional thracian music instruments like lyra and drum. Participants are purifying themselves through dance and water and they are in ecstasies so they can walk on the fire. The central figures of the tradition are Saint Constantine and Saint Helen. Today they walked and danced inside the Konaki that is a special shrine, the building, nearby is a chapel/water spring after Saint Helen. The custom originated in the Middle Ages when the church of Saint Constantine in their original home in Kosti, now in Bulgaria, caught fire. Many ethnographers have argued that the Anastenaria are vestiges of ancient practices of cults of god Dionysus in ancient Greece.


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Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on...

#1652098

Anastenaria ritual, fire walk in Agia Eleni village, Northern Greece

19 January 2017

Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on...

#1652098

19 January 2017

Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on burning fire, on coals. There is a dancing ritual with traditional music instruments like lyra and daouli. Participants are purifying themselves through dance and water and they are in ecstasies so they can walk on the fire. The bishop of the area of the Greek Orthodox church does not recognize it as Christian and declares that has pagan origins. Today they walked inside the Konaki, the building, nearby is a chapel/water spring after Saint Helen. Today is Saint Athanasios day, a very popular day that is accompanied with many traditions across the Christian world. It is actually barefoot walking on burning fire, on coals. There is a dancing ritual with traditional thracian music instruments like lyra and drum. Participants are purifying themselves through dance and water and they are in ecstasies so they can walk on the fire. The central figures of the tradition are Saint Constantine and Saint Helen. Today they walked and danced inside the Konaki that is a special shrine, the building, nearby is a chapel/water spring after Saint Helen. The custom originated in the Middle Ages when the church of Saint Constantine in their original home in Kosti, now in Bulgaria, caught fire. Many ethnographers have argued that the Anastenaria are vestiges of ancient practices of cults of god Dionysus in ancient Greece.


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Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on...

#1652101

Anastenaria ritual, fire walk in Agia Eleni village, Northern Greece

19 January 2017

Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on...

#1652101

19 January 2017

Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on burning fire, on coals. There is a dancing ritual with traditional music instruments like lyra and daouli. Participants are purifying themselves through dance and water and they are in ecstasies so they can walk on the fire. The bishop of the area of the Greek Orthodox church does not recognize it as Christian and declares that has pagan origins. Today they walked inside the Konaki, the building, nearby is a chapel/water spring after Saint Helen. Today is Saint Athanasios day, a very popular day that is accompanied with many traditions across the Christian world. It is actually barefoot walking on burning fire, on coals. There is a dancing ritual with traditional thracian music instruments like lyra and drum. Participants are purifying themselves through dance and water and they are in ecstasies so they can walk on the fire. The central figures of the tradition are Saint Constantine and Saint Helen. Today they walked and danced inside the Konaki that is a special shrine, the building, nearby is a chapel/water spring after Saint Helen. The custom originated in the Middle Ages when the church of Saint Constantine in their original home in Kosti, now in Bulgaria, caught fire. Many ethnographers have argued that the Anastenaria are vestiges of ancient practices of cults of god Dionysus in ancient Greece.


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Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on...

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Anastenaria ritual, fire walk in Agia Eleni village, Northern Greece

19 January 2017

Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on...

#1652102

19 January 2017

Anastenaria ritual is taking place in Agia Eleni village, Greece, in the Balkan area on 18 January 2018. It is actually barefoot walking on burning fire, on coals. There is a dancing ritual with traditional music instruments like lyra and daouli. Participants are purifying themselves through dance and water and they are in ecstasies so they can walk on the fire. The bishop of the area of the Greek Orthodox church does not recognize it as Christian and declares that has pagan origins. Today they walked inside the Konaki, the building, nearby is a chapel/water spring after Saint Helen. Today is Saint Athanasios day, a very popular day that is accompanied with many traditions across the Christian world. It is actually barefoot walking on burning fire, on coals. There is a dancing ritual with traditional thracian music instruments like lyra and drum. Participants are purifying themselves through dance and water and they are in ecstasies so they can walk on the fire. The central figures of the tradition are Saint Constantine and Saint Helen. Today they walked and danced inside the Konaki that is a special shrine, the building, nearby is a chapel/water spring after Saint Helen. The custom originated in the Middle Ages when the church of Saint Constantine in their original home in Kosti, now in Bulgaria, caught fire. Many ethnographers have argued that the Anastenaria are vestiges of ancient practices of cults of god Dionysus in ancient Greece.


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