St Georges day and the Blessing of the Sheep.

Well, time has rather runaway with me this week and I have not had time to post.
I have lots of photos from Easter but decided that it would be nice to post some from today at the "Blessing of the Sheep" at Argyroumouri ( Just up the mountain from Georgioupolis)

The day was warm but cloudy and the flag was flying proudly 


The sheep were gathered next to the church


The service began



I was rather taken by some of the vases - they appeared to be large brass shells from some sort of  large firearm


The priests blessed the Artos


The bells rang


The sheep waited patiently


People continued to arrive, including Pavlos in Cretan costume


Thrice around the church



one of the priests blesses the sheep with holy water



The two priests prepare for the sheep to run under their raiments


Here we go!



As the service finished the sun came out from behind the clouds and it turned into a very hot day.
There was meat, pilaffi, cheese, wine and much more provided by the villagers. Some of them will carry on the celebration into the night!!!

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