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DEATH RIDDLE Brit expat found dead ‘with one hand tied to deck’ on sailing boat that sank despite clear weather
A BRITISH expat was found dead with one hand tied to the deck of his sunken sailing boat on the Greek island of Crete, reports say.
The 70-year-old was found dead when the vessel sank - despite clear weather - in the port of Souda, near Chania.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13904148/british-man-dead-greece-boat-sank-crete/
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Walking on Fire, and by Faith, in Northern Greece
The room was dimly lit, illuminated only by a weak yellow light bulb and the flames from the fireplace. A small group of men and women, clutching the holy icons of Greek Orthodox saints, was dancing and twirling around the floor under the sound of the instruments: a Thracian lyre, a gaida, a tambourine. The dancers, surrendering to the music, had their eyes closed.
Everyone sang together:
Constantine the little one, little Constantine,
His mother had him, she took care of him while he was very young,
A message came for him to go to war,
He saddles and horseshoes his horse in the night,
He puts silver petals, golden nails and a pearl on the saddle.
Their voices carried outside into the rainy streets. A while later, in a kind of an ecstasy, they began walking barefoot on burning coals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/travel/greece-firewalking-ritual.html
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Firefighter Killed as Floods Hit Greece’s Evros
A firefighter was killed on Monday in the region of Evros in northeastern Greece during an operation to rescue dozens of children that were trapped in a school flooded by torrential rains.
The incident occurred as the fire service was called to a kindergarten and a primary school in the small town of Apalos, near Alexandroupolis.
The fire engine was swept away by the rushing waters and overturned. A 46-year-old firefighter lost his life n the accident.
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2021/02/01/firefighter-killed-as-floods-hit-greece-evros/