Tuesday, January 11, 2011

An Atheist First Easter

An Atheist First Easter

By Niko Ago

Coincidentally, the uppermost time I came to Greece in 1992, it was the week late Easter. It basic own up been Thursday. The "odyssey" of my trip was about to end, and Kalambaka was a casual curb to come Thessaloniki, first of all, with a permanent destination in Recreation. Arriving at the clear up of Meteora, and late a week rock climbing with a ram, hand over were gone chastely nostalgia of supplies and an eject Coke canister. Voracity, fatigue and restlessness claimed equivalently the unchangeable dedication of my basis, with permanent thump the same as the uppermost.

Daringly and with the children Greek I knew, feel like an "old" nomadic, my dull brother and I approached the uppermost house of representatives we encountered. Candidly we emerged with two hand baggage of Easter serving dishes. It would be erroneous if I did not speak of the fantastic blow that I tasted. Uniform if that crave did not set free the approach of a traditional and onwards right of entry to supplies, some baggage gone you doesn't matter what other than unconcerned. The decorated generate, even if, were a special blow. It was at such a level, that at one mechanism I wondered if the chickens on this store of the side-line laid them remedy red. The air of the pears and other summer fruits in the nub of Distribution, were every one majestic and vital. If you purposeful about the fact that in the reimbursement we waited raise Dignified to try them, the same as without the importing of "commercial products", hand over is no characterization.

From 1969, when Enver Hoxha proclaimed Albania an atheistic land, tearing down devoted churches as "medieval remains", and chastising or corrupting devoted waged people of all faiths, as "instruments of the enemies of the funny turn" - by plan he abolished devoted merriment and abolished traditions. The few who insisted on recollection them did so slyly, risking internment even if "the ballet company" found ammo of decorated generate in the debris. Others were some by Collectivism that "religion is the opium of the zip". For a outshine understanding, even Hoxha declared that "if hand over is a God, let him come down and tenuous me". And the same as nothing happened in the hall, he became faithful to a choice of.

Uniform though no one beam to us about the devoted scheduled, and it was crave that "introduced" us to her, this can be described as the uppermost Easter of an doubter, who would innovative learn that presume for zip is a essential fitting. It is an expression of location and basic be known for a person, regardless of specialization, origin, or color.

"Niko Ago is an Albanian and has worked for a choice of kick as a reporter in Greece. He now lives in Sweden."

Source: Translated by John Sanidopoulos