#hellenic holiday

e-offering to lady artemis and lord apollo! thank you for everything, blessed twins, may you both be with us :)

In honour of Lenaia (yesterday), I wrote a hymn to Dionysos, painted my nails for Him, and finished reading ‘Oedipus at Colonus’ by Sophocles in honour of Him - and with the festival surrounding plays.

Later that night I became the Community Lead of my youth pride organisation! Which made me feel quite elated due to most of my worship (not all but most) surrounding Lord Dionysos stems from my queerness.

I also made this little graphic on Canva for Lenaia as well :3

This was my first time participating in a festival / holiday, despite being part of the religion for just over two years now, and I am very happy about it. I hope to celebrate more festivals / holidays this year when I have the time and the means.

An anonymous user came to us stating that Hypnos desired for them to celebrate His marriage to the beautiful and youngest of graces: Pasithea. With the information given to us, we have decided to implement this Holiday as official under the Temple of Hypnos.

The date this shall be celebrated is July 15th as ordained by the God of Slumber Himself.

Pasithea is a grace/charity Goddess, She has blessed domain over fertility, creativity, nature, and beauty. Hypnos, God who lay beside Her, domains over Sleep, dreams, subconscious, creativity, and even flowers.

As it is a marriage-related holiday, devotees can invite the two deities into their home for a celebratory meal. This can be done using invocation(candles, prayer) and opening windows to invite nature into the home. The area may be decorated using flowers, sticks, creative projects dedicated to the two gods, or more. The prepared meal offerings can include poppy meal, lavender meal, red wine, or other food associations. The graces are also associated with flutes or other wind instruments, so music can be played.

As a devotee other things you may do for this holiday are creative pieces such as poetry, painting, sketching, fabric arts. Dream interpretation is also considered creative works!

For the first night, I've made a small sculpture (below) for her, made an offering of mochi and incense, and written about transness. Also done some devotional T4T dyke pining, just as she intended.

I used to work far more closely with Aphrodite. I honor her from more of a distance now, but still adore our patron goddess of lesbians, trans & enby femmes, and trans women <3

Mother from the ocean, common to all people, I thank you for your blessings and your presence.

Thank you, mother from the waves, for watching over me and sheltering me in the storm.

Thank you for guiding me from the darkness to a place of love and light.

Thank you, Aphrodite, born from sea foam and blood, for the gifts you give and the love you bring to this world.