Pontius of Mesopotamia today as we have every year they celebrate the translation of his holy relics of St. George the Martyr…
On this day in 303 m.X. were the inauguration of the temple of Saint George in Lydda of Joppa in Palestine, where we were transferred the Relics of great-Martyr George for all believers to worship freely and fearlessly. The body of the Saint was originally buried in Izmit of the Roman Empire, where it had suffered a martyr’s death then by command of the emperor Diocletian.
The feast is called “ΑεÏγίτες” and celebrated to the point where it marked the end of autumn, since in many parts of the remarkable country, the snow was over one meter.
In another version, the name ΑεÏγίτες comes from the word “reactive” because the month that the Ussr had no business in the fields, due to the intense bad weather. November much dressed the home in the winter with carpets, rugs and heavy blankets, in order to properly prepare for the harsh winter that was coming.
More Than Envisaged Trabzon
Most of the areas of Pontus, and especially in the Ak Dag Maten, in November it was covered with snow. There was the following couplet: “ΚÏυάδας and snows a lot Îγκε our ΑεÏγίτες, let sean κÏÏον p’ ευτάει σεβταλοÏκ, a lot of craftsmen”.
November was the period of time during which came the fish on the coast and it was the most suitable and lucrative season for fishing. So, the fishermen went out on the Black Sea coast for fishing, the well-known in all Ποντίους χαψία. That is why they used to say on the Point: “The ΆεÏγίτα let’s let cn main port. the χαψία let cn τηγάν’”.
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Podium Celebrate their “ΑεÏγίτες” in the Chapel of St. George Mesopotamia
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