#hieropolis

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Turkiye so far has been amazing!!!! 💕🇹🇷

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Hieropolis

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“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” —Revelation 3:20

“What Is the Meaning of 'Behold I Stand at the Door and Knock' in Revelation 3?” By Clarence L. Haynes Jr.:

“In the book of Revelation Jesus gives messages to seven different churches. Some scholars would say these churches represent seven types of churches you may find or seven types of people you may find in the church today. One of the churches that received one of his strongest messages was the church of Laodicea. In light of this church and the challenges this church had, what is the meaning of 'behold I stand at the door and knock'?

What Does 'Behold I Stand at the Door and Knock' Mean? Are there any Laodicean spaces in your heart where you think you are doing fine, but you have shut Jesus out? Where you are neither hot nor cold so you are not good for anything. If there are then the same invitation extends to you as it did to this church. Behold he stands at the door and knocks. Will you let him in? The difference between experiencing all God’s best and settling for much less and much worse hinges on whether you decide to open the door. We often use this verse to talk to unbelievers but remember he was talking to the church. Let’s make sure we always have the door of our heart open to Jesus so that he is able to do everything he wants to do in our lives.

Why Did Jesus Say 'Behold I Stand at the Door and Knock' to the Church of Laodicea in Revelation 3? Jesus didn’t have anything positive to say about this church. Here are the strong words Jesus used to described the church in Laodicea.

“I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.” – Rev. 3:15-18

Here are three characteristics of the church at Laodicea:

They were lukewarm. This was a church that was neither hot nor cold. Many people believe this lukewarm only means they were straddling the fence between the world and the church. What it really means is that they were good for nothing. They had no value they could offer. Laodicea was situated near two other cities, Hieropolis which was known for its hot springs that were good for healing and Colossae which was known for cold waters which provided refreshment. Because Laodicea was lukewarm the water they produced was not good for healing or refreshment and thus was not good for anything. As one scholar put it, you can drink hot tea or cold tea but warm tea is pretty much useless.

They were materialistic. This church was rich in material possessions which created a false sense of God’s blessing. This church is a reminder that you cannot equate the blessing of God to anything material, that is not a representation of spiritual maturity, or an indication God is pleased with your life.

They were spiritually poor. The worse part of this church is that they were spiritually bankrupt and they didn’t even realize it. If you would have asked them, they would tell you everything is alright, we are experiencing the blessing of God because look at all we have. Yet amid physical riches, they were lacking in any real spiritual blessings. Sad to say, many in churches today are unaware of their own spiritual lack.

How Does This Tie into Verse 20 ‘Behold I Stand at the Door and Knock’? Knowing what was happening in Laodicea helps you know the meaning of behold I stand at the door and knock. Let me point your attention to a few thoughts.”

[Read more here.]

[orthodoxydaily]

SAINTS&READING: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

September 6_september 19

COMMEMERATION OF THE MIRACLE OF THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL AT COLOSSAE (4th c.)

In Phrygia, not far from the city of Hieropolis, in a place called Cheretopos, there was a church named for the Archangel Michael, built over a miraculous spring.

This church was built by a certain inhabitant of the city of Laodicia in gratitude to God for healing his mute daughter. The holy Chief Commander Michael appeared to this man in a dream and revealed to him that his daughter would receive the gift of speech after drinking from the water of the spring. The girl actually did receive healing and began to speak. After this miracle, the father and his daughter and all their family were baptized. In fervent gratitude, the father built the church in honor of the holy Chief Commander Michael. Not only did Christians begin to come to the spring for healing, but also pagans. In so doing, many of the pagans turned from their idols and were converted to the faith in Christ.

At this church of the holy Chief Commander Michael, a certain pious man by the name of Archippus served for sixty years as church custodian. By his preaching and by the example of his saintly life he brought many pagans to faith in Christ. With the general malice of that time towards Christians, and especially against Archippus, the pagans thought to destroy the church in order to prevent people from coming to that holy place of healing, and at the same time kill Archippus.

Toward this end they made a confluence of the Lykokaperos and Kufos Rivers and directed its combined flow against the church. Saint Archippus prayed fervently to the Chief Commander Michael to ward off the danger. Through his prayer the Archangel Michael appeared at the temple, and with a blow of his staff, opened a wide fissure in a rock and commanded the rushing torrents of water to flow into it. The temple remained unharmed. Seeing such an awesome miracle, the pagans fled in terror. Archippus and the Christians gathered in church glorified God and gave thanks to the holy Archangel Michael for the help. The place where the rivers plunged into the fissure received the name “Chonae”, which means “plunging.”

The Chudov (“of the Miracle”) monastery in Moscow is named for this Feast.

VENERABLE ARCHIPPUS OF HIERAPOLIS (4th c.)

Saint Archippus, son of devout Christians from the city of Hieropolis, at age ten went to pray in the church of the holy Chief Commander Michael and he remained at this temple to serve as church caretaker. He led a strict and ascetic manner of life, constantly at fasting and prayer.

He persuaded many pagans who came to the holy spring to accept holy Baptism, to forsake pagan impiety, and to turn to the One True God and Savior Jesus Christ. Tenacious pagans headed by idolous priests repeatedly tried to kill Saint Archippus, but each time the Lord delivered him out of their hands.

Finally, the pagans devised a plan to destroy the church and at the same time kill also Archippus by flooding the spot where both the church and the curative spring stood. Seeing the preparations for this wicked deed, Saint Archippus firmly resolved not to abandon the holy place, and he prayed to God and to the Archangel Michael to preserve the church and the spring. The Lord heard his prayer, and the saint witnessed the great Miracle of the Chief Commander Michael at Colossae. Miraculously delivered from death, Saint Archippus lived at the church into his old age, and he died peacefully at the age of 70. Christians buried the saint at Colossae, at the place of his deeds.

Source, all texts: Orthodox church in America_OCA

2 Corinthians 10:7-18

7 Do you look at things according to their outward appearance? If anyone is convinced in himself that he is Christ's, let him again consider this: that just as he is Christ's, even so we are Christ's. 8 For even if I should boast somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord gave us for edification and not for your destruction, I shall not be ashamed. 9 lest I seem to terrify you by letters. 10 For his letters, they say, "are weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. 11 Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such we will also be in deed when we are present. 12 For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. 13 We, however, will not boast beyond measure, but within the limits of the sphere which God appointed us-a sphere which especially includes you. 14 For we are not overextending ourselves (as though our authority did not extend to you), for it was to you that we came with the gospel of Christ; 15 not boasting of things beyond measure, that is, in other men's labors, but having hope, that as your faith is increased, we shall be greatly enlarged by you in our sphere, 16 to preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's sphere of accomplishment. 17 But "he who glories, let him glory in the LORD." 18 For not he who commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

Luke 10:16-21

16 He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me. 17 Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name." 18 And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven. 21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.

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Holidays 10.22

Holidays

Apple Day (French Republic)

Chulalongkorn Day observed (Thailand)

Clean Up the Earth Day

Dassain (Bhutan)

Feast of Fools

Fechner Day (Psychophysicists)

Festival of the House of Mercy

Gormanudr (Start of Innards Month; Iceland)

Half-Earth Day

Highway Beautification Day

iPod Day

INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY (also 6.28)

International Day of Oscillation

International Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Awareness Day

International Stuttering Awareness Day

Kof Awareness Day

National Anna Day

National Barber’s Day

National Color Day

National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression & Criminalization of a Generation

National Diego Day

National Knee Day

National Kristopher NaJee Roebuck Day

National Lauren Day

National Love Your Melon Day

National Make a Dog’s Day

National Ruger Day

National Santri Day (Indonesia)

National Scar Appreciation Day

National Suicide Mouse Day

National Teen Arrive Alive Day

National Transfer Student Day

Parachute Day

Peniamina Gospel Day (Niue)

Post Polio Syndrome Day (UK)

Smart is Cool Day

Toastmasters Day

Ventiane (Boat Racing Festival; Laos)

Wombat Day (Australia)

World Energy Day

World Phage Day

World Planting Day

World’s End Day (Millers)

World Uveitis Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Austrian Sekt (Sparkling Wine) Day

Eat a Pretzel Day

National Nut Day

National Tavern-Style Pizza Day

National Tex Mex Day

Independence & Related Days

Laos (from France, 1953)

Russian Empire (Declared, 1721)

4th Tuesday in October

Bruery's Black Tuesday Release Day [4th Tuesday]

Information Overload Awareness Day [4th Tuesday]

Pink Tuesday [Tuesday of Last Full Week]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tell the Truth Tuesday [4th Tuesday of Each Month]

Textiles Tuesday (Canada) [4th Tuesday]

Thai Tuesday [4th Tuesday of Each Month]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning October 22 (3rd Full Week of October)

Hard Pretzel Week (thru 10.31) [Last 10 Days]

Festivals Beginning October 22, 2024

Baker County Fair (Macclenny, Florida) [thru 10.27]

Bourbon Festival at Belmont (Elmont, New York)

NH Pumpkin Festival (Laconia, New Hampshire) [thru 10.27]

Roots’Ergue Festival (Sauveterre-de-Rouergue, France) [thru 10.26]

Taste of Texarkana (Texarkana, Arkansas)

Taste of the Town (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)

TEDNext (Atlanta, Georgia) thru 10.24]

Feast Days

Aaron the Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Abercius of Hieropolis (Christian; Saint)

Abu Simbel Festival (Ancient Egypt; also 2.22)

Baphomet’s Day (Pagan)

Bertharius (Christian; Saint)

Catherine de Medici Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Cordula (Christian; Saint)

Dashain (Nepal)

Day of the Crossroads (Pagan)

A Day Sacred To All Deities of the Crossroads

Donatus of Fiesole (Christian; Saint)

Doris Lessing (Writerism)

Dussehra (a.k.a. Durga Ashtami; India)

Edmund Dulac (Artology)

Eusebius (Christian; Saint)

Grotius (Positivist; Saint)

Hermes of Heraclea (Christian; Saint)

Intergalactic Peeing Competition Day (Pastafarian)

Ivan Bunin (Writerism)

Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Eras; Kyoto, Japan)

John Paul II, Pope (Christian; Saint)

José Escobar Saliente (Artology)

Kristjan Raud (Artology)

Maha Asthami [8th Day of Dashain]

Marcus of Jerusalem (Christian; Saint)

Marjorie Flack (Artology)

Mary Salome (Christian; Saint)

Mellonius (a.k.a. Mello) of Rouen (Christian; Saint)

N. C. Wyeth (Artology)

Nunilo and Alodia (Christian; Martyrs)

Philip, Bishop of Heraclea (Christian; Saint)

Robert Rauschenberg (Artology)

Salarrué (Artology)

Seek the King Week (Shamanism)

Severus (Christian; Saint)

Sleaze Brothers (Muppetism)

Theodoret of Antioch (Christian; Saint)

Timothy Leary Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 20 of 24)

Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [20 of 24]

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [44 of 53]

Premieres

Aladdin’s Lamp (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1943)

Bosky the Drawback (WB LT Cartoon; 1932)

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1964)

Destination Moon, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1953) [Tintin #16]

Dune (Film; 2021)

The Eiger Sanction, by Trevanian (Novel; 1972)

First Blood (Film; 1982)

The First Family, recorded by Vaughan Meader (Comedy Album; 1962)

Fun and Fancy Free (Disney Animated Film; 1947)

The Golden Notebook, by Doris Lessing (Novel; 1962)

Hold That Rock (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1956)

Inside Job (Animated TV Series; 2021)

Jerry’s Diary (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1949)

Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

Jolene, by Dolly Parton (Song; 1973)

Just in Case, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 9 & 10; 1966)

The Last Picture (Film; 1971)

Led Zeppelin II, by Led Zeppelin (Album; 1969)

New Rose, by The Damned (Song; 1976) [1st Punk Single]

Night Moves, by Bob Seger (Album; 1976)

Now, Voyager (Film; 1942)

One, No One and One Hundred Thousand, by Luigi Pirandello (Novel; 1926)

One Note Tony (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1947)

Painting Theft, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 223; 1963)

Red, by Taylor Swift (Album; 2012)

The Red Shoes (Film; 1948)

R is for Rocket, by Ray Bradbury (Novel; 1962)

Ron’s Gone Wrong (Animated Film; 2021)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (Film; 1949)

Sky Larks (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1934)

The Song Remains the Same, by Led Zeppelin (Live Album; 1976)

The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway (Novel; 1926)

Transatlantic Chicken or Hens Across the Sea (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 224; 1963)

Wonder Woman: Bloodlines (WB Animated Film; 2019)

Today’s Name Days

Cordula, Ingbert, Kordula, Salome (Austria)

Filip, Marija, Marko (Croatia)

Sabina (Czech Republic)

Cordula (Denmark)

Anno, Annus, Hanno, Hannus, Ihan, Ihanus, Jaano, Jaanus (Estonia)

Anette, Anita, Anitta, Anja, Anniina, Nita (Finland)

Élodie, Salomé, Sara (France)

Cordula, Ingbert, Salome (Germany)

Averkios (Greece)

Előd (Hungary)

Donato (Italy)

Irida, Irisa, Salome (Latvia)

Aliodija, Mingedė, Severinas, Viltaras (Lithuania)

Karianne, Karine, Kine (Norway)

Abercjusz, Filip, Halka, Kordelia, Kordula, Przybysława, Sewer (Poland)

Averchie (Romania)

Sergej (Slovakia)

Juan, Pablo, Salomé (Spain)

Marika, Marita (Sweden)

Max, Maximillian (Ukraine)

Cordelia, Cordell, Cordella, Delia, Delilah (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 296 of 2024; 70 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of Week 43 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 24 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Jia-Xu), Day 20 (Ji-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 20 Tishri 5785

Islamic: 18 Rabi II 1446

J Cal: 26 Orange; Fryday [26 of 30]

Julian: 9 October 2024

Moon: 67%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 16 Descartes (11th Month) [Maupertuis / Fontenelle]

Runic Half Month: Wyn (Joy) [Day 1 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 31 of 90)

Week: 3rd Full Week of October

Zodiac: Libra (Day 30 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Wyn (Joy) [Half-Month 20 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 10.25)

[queer-trashmouth]

Coolest thing on my trip has been today when we went to Hieropolis (?) in Türkiye and I got to do some oracle readings for our group (right next to the temple of Apollo!!!)

[thesynaxarium]

Today we also celebrate the Righteous Mariamne, Equal to the Apostles. Saint Mariamne “The Apostolic Virgin” and sister of the holy Apostle Philip (November 14), made a vow of virginity and became the companion of her brother Philip and the holy Apostle Bartholomew (June 11), actively assisting them in their apostolic work. The Church historian Nicephorus Callistus describes their successful preaching in the Phrygian city of Hieropolis, where they were arrested and locked up in prison. They put the Apostle Philip to death on a cross, but Saint Mariamne and Saint Bartholomew were set free. Saint Bartholomew went to preach the Gospel in India. Saint Mariamne, after burying the body of Saint Philip, preached the Gospel at Lykaonia (Asia Minor). She died there in peace. May she intercede for us always + Source: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2020/02/17/100550-saint-mariamne-the-sister-of-the-apostle-philip (at Taurus Mountains, Turkey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CovMp8Ur4Jj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 10.22

Holidays

Apple Day (French Republic)

Chulalongkorn Day observed (Thailand)

Clean Up the Earth Day

Dassain (Bhutan)

Feast of Fools

Fechner Day (Psychophysicists)

Festival of the House of Mercy

Gormanudr (Start of Innards Month; Iceland)

Half-Earth Day

Highway Beautification Day

iPod Day

INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY (also 6.28)

International Day of Oscillation

International Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Awareness Day

International Stuttering Awareness Day

Kof Awareness Day

National Anna Day

National Barber’s Day

National Color Day

National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression & Criminalization of a Generation

National Diego Day

National Knee Day

National Kristopher NaJee Roebuck Day

National Lauren Day

National Love Your Melon Day

National Make a Dog’s Day

National Ruger Day

National Santri Day (Indonesia)

National Scar Appreciation Day

National Suicide Mouse Day

National Teen Arrive Alive Day

National Transfer Student Day

Parachute Day

Peniamina Gospel Day (Niue)

Post Polio Syndrome Day (UK)

Smart is Cool Day

Toastmasters Day

Ventiane (Boat Racing Festival; Laos)

Wombat Day (Australia)

World Energy Day

World Phage Day

World Planting Day

World’s End Day (Millers)

World Uveitis Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Austrian Sekt (Sparkling Wine) Day

Eat a Pretzel Day

National Nut Day

National Tavern-Style Pizza Day

National Tex Mex Day

Independence & Related Days

Laos (from France, 1953)

Russian Empire (Declared, 1721)

4th Tuesday in October

Bruery's Black Tuesday Release Day [4th Tuesday]

Information Overload Awareness Day [4th Tuesday]

Pink Tuesday [Tuesday of Last Full Week]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tell the Truth Tuesday [4th Tuesday of Each Month]

Textiles Tuesday (Canada) [4th Tuesday]

Thai Tuesday [4th Tuesday of Each Month]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning October 22 (3rd Full Week of October)

Hard Pretzel Week (thru 10.31) [Last 10 Days]

Festivals Beginning October 22, 2024

Baker County Fair (Macclenny, Florida) [thru 10.27]

Bourbon Festival at Belmont (Elmont, New York)

NH Pumpkin Festival (Laconia, New Hampshire) [thru 10.27]

Roots’Ergue Festival (Sauveterre-de-Rouergue, France) [thru 10.26]

Taste of Texarkana (Texarkana, Arkansas)

Taste of the Town (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)

TEDNext (Atlanta, Georgia) thru 10.24]

Feast Days

Aaron the Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Abercius of Hieropolis (Christian; Saint)

Abu Simbel Festival (Ancient Egypt; also 2.22)

Baphomet’s Day (Pagan)

Bertharius (Christian; Saint)

Catherine de Medici Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Cordula (Christian; Saint)

Dashain (Nepal)

Day of the Crossroads (Pagan)

A Day Sacred To All Deities of the Crossroads

Donatus of Fiesole (Christian; Saint)

Doris Lessing (Writerism)

Dussehra (a.k.a. Durga Ashtami; India)

Edmund Dulac (Artology)

Eusebius (Christian; Saint)

Grotius (Positivist; Saint)

Hermes of Heraclea (Christian; Saint)

Intergalactic Peeing Competition Day (Pastafarian)

Ivan Bunin (Writerism)

Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Eras; Kyoto, Japan)

John Paul II, Pope (Christian; Saint)

José Escobar Saliente (Artology)

Kristjan Raud (Artology)

Maha Asthami [8th Day of Dashain]

Marcus of Jerusalem (Christian; Saint)

Marjorie Flack (Artology)

Mary Salome (Christian; Saint)

Mellonius (a.k.a. Mello) of Rouen (Christian; Saint)

N. C. Wyeth (Artology)

Nunilo and Alodia (Christian; Martyrs)

Philip, Bishop of Heraclea (Christian; Saint)

Robert Rauschenberg (Artology)

Salarrué (Artology)

Seek the King Week (Shamanism)

Severus (Christian; Saint)

Sleaze Brothers (Muppetism)

Theodoret of Antioch (Christian; Saint)

Timothy Leary Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 20 of 24)

Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [20 of 24]

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [44 of 53]

Premieres

Aladdin’s Lamp (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1943)

Bosky the Drawback (WB LT Cartoon; 1932)

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1964)

Destination Moon, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1953) [Tintin #16]

Dune (Film; 2021)

The Eiger Sanction, by Trevanian (Novel; 1972)

First Blood (Film; 1982)

The First Family, recorded by Vaughan Meader (Comedy Album; 1962)

Fun and Fancy Free (Disney Animated Film; 1947)

The Golden Notebook, by Doris Lessing (Novel; 1962)

Hold That Rock (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1956)

Inside Job (Animated TV Series; 2021)

Jerry’s Diary (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1949)

Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

Jolene, by Dolly Parton (Song; 1973)

Just in Case, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 9 & 10; 1966)

The Last Picture (Film; 1971)

Led Zeppelin II, by Led Zeppelin (Album; 1969)

New Rose, by The Damned (Song; 1976) [1st Punk Single]

Night Moves, by Bob Seger (Album; 1976)

Now, Voyager (Film; 1942)

One, No One and One Hundred Thousand, by Luigi Pirandello (Novel; 1926)

One Note Tony (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1947)

Painting Theft, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 223; 1963)

Red, by Taylor Swift (Album; 2012)

The Red Shoes (Film; 1948)

R is for Rocket, by Ray Bradbury (Novel; 1962)

Ron’s Gone Wrong (Animated Film; 2021)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (Film; 1949)

Sky Larks (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1934)

The Song Remains the Same, by Led Zeppelin (Live Album; 1976)

The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway (Novel; 1926)

Transatlantic Chicken or Hens Across the Sea (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 224; 1963)

Wonder Woman: Bloodlines (WB Animated Film; 2019)

Today’s Name Days

Cordula, Ingbert, Kordula, Salome (Austria)

Filip, Marija, Marko (Croatia)

Sabina (Czech Republic)

Cordula (Denmark)

Anno, Annus, Hanno, Hannus, Ihan, Ihanus, Jaano, Jaanus (Estonia)

Anette, Anita, Anitta, Anja, Anniina, Nita (Finland)

Élodie, Salomé, Sara (France)

Cordula, Ingbert, Salome (Germany)

Averkios (Greece)

Előd (Hungary)

Donato (Italy)

Irida, Irisa, Salome (Latvia)

Aliodija, Mingedė, Severinas, Viltaras (Lithuania)

Karianne, Karine, Kine (Norway)

Abercjusz, Filip, Halka, Kordelia, Kordula, Przybysława, Sewer (Poland)

Averchie (Romania)

Sergej (Slovakia)

Juan, Pablo, Salomé (Spain)

Marika, Marita (Sweden)

Max, Maximillian (Ukraine)

Cordelia, Cordell, Cordella, Delia, Delilah (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 296 of 2024; 70 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of Week 43 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 24 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Jia-Xu), Day 20 (Ji-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 20 Tishri 5785

Islamic: 18 Rabi II 1446

J Cal: 26 Orange; Fryday [26 of 30]

Julian: 9 October 2024

Moon: 67%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 16 Descartes (11th Month) [Maupertuis / Fontenelle]

Runic Half Month: Wyn (Joy) [Day 1 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 31 of 90)

Week: 3rd Full Week of October

Zodiac: Libra (Day 30 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Wyn (Joy) [Half-Month 20 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 10.25)

[dipnotski]

Epiktetos – İnsan Kaderini Nasıl Belirler? (2024)

Epiktetos’un MS 50 yılında Frigya’daki Hieropolis kentinde dünyaya geldiği sanılıyor. Gençliğini köle olarak geçiren Epiktetos, Nero’nun ölümünden (MS 68) kısa bir süre sonra azat edildi ve Roma’da felsefe eğitimi vermeye başladı. MS 93 yılında Yunanistan’ın Epir yöresindeki Nikopolis kentine giderek bir felsefe okulu kurdu. Epiktetos Stoacı felsefeye uygun olarak, çok az eşyasıyla büyük bir…

[miliyaread]

Happy 2023!

I wish everyone Happy New Year.

Again, I kind of late again for this. But I have good reasons.

I had a blast vacation before the end of 2022 with my cousins, aunt, uncle, twin siblings, nephew and nieces in Turkey!

I went under tour trip, so I had a chance to go a lot of place. My favourite places are Haeropolis and Ephesus! I love historical building. And I really bump when I can’t go inside Hagia Sophia because of time restriction! I love going here. The people, the view, the history! I am very attempt to learn the language (I learn the basic Turkish before I went there).

Next, I got a new job! Which is interesting because I decided to join bank industry. I think I can do more and get more reward from that. So I kind a busy with relocated and get myself cozy at my new place, while at the same time get use with the new job.

This year, I decided to set 55 books to read (please let me read in peace!), and I still use my old system rating.

No star = I totally hate the book ⭐️ = I hate it ⭐️⭐️ = I slightly hate it, but still acceptable ⭐️⭐️⭐️= acceptable, and natural feeling. No love or hate ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ = I like it! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ = I love it!!!!

So, if you are on Goodreads, you can add me to be a friend. We can also talk here to talk about book. Or anything. I love talking!

Love you guys and Happy (belated) New Year!

Love, Miliya Feb 2023

Mount Erciyes & Hieropolis, Pamukkale, Turkey (December 2022)

[photoglobo]

Hieropolis „The Holy City“ was build for more than 2000 years, just at the hot springs, which also feeding the pools of Pamukkale. . . . #renebauerphotography #travel #euroasia #turkey #pamukkale #heriopolis #ancient #ancientcity #history #roman #romanhistory #greek #greekhistory #architecture #landscape #nature #hotairballoon (hier: Hierapolis Ancient City) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmzO9C8qfFY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[fairweatherworks]

Ruins at Hieropolis This city, now in Turkey, was founded in the 2nd century BC around its hot springs. It was taken into the Roman Empire, and flourished for several hundred years, before becoming a Christian religious center post Constantine. It contains a temple of Apollo, a Roman Necropolis, and the remains of Christian chapels. It also looks like a setting drawn straight from the Lord of the Rings. . . . . #heiropolis #grecoroman #romanruins #pamukkale #greekruins #martyrs #stphillip #visitturkey #destinationearth #travelphotography #travelgram #instatravel #sandiegophotographer #sandiegophoto #neverstopexploring #barrowdowns #hobbit #lordoftherings #abandonedplaces #abandonedphotography #ancientruins #ancientplaces #archaeology #ancientcivilization #romanempire (at Turkey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmqH8B2s59Y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thornyfield]

one is locked. the other is freed

[orthodoxydaily]

Saints&Reading: Monday, June 24, 2024

june 11_june 24

Day of the holy Spirit-Fast free week

THE HOLY APOSTLE BARTHOLOMEW (1st.c.)

 The Holy Apostle Bartholomew was born at Cana of Galilee and was one of the Twelve Apostles of Christ. After the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, it fell by lot to the holy Apostles Bartholomew and Philip (Comm. 14 November) to preach the Gospel in Syria and Asia Minor. In their preaching they dispersed through various cities, and then met up together again.

Accompanying the holy Apostle Philip was his sister, the holy virgin Saint Mariam.Traversing the cities of Syria and Myzia, they underwent much hardship and tribulations, they were stoned and they were locked up in prison. In one of the villages they met up with the Apostle John the Theologian, and together they set off to Phrygia. In the city of Hieropolis by the power of their prayers they destroyed an enormous viper, which the pagans worshipped as a god. The holy Apostles Bartholomew and Philip with his sister proved their preaching with many a miraculous sign.

At Hieropolis there lived a man named Stakhios, who had been blind for 40 years. When he received healing, he then believed in Christ and was baptized. News of this spread throughout the city, and a multitude of people thronged to the house where the apostles were staying. The sick and those beset by demons were released from their infirmities, and many were baptised. The city governor gave orders to arrest the preachers and throw them in prison, and to burn down the house of Stakhios. At the trial pagan priests came forth with the complaint, that the strangers were turning people away from the worship of the ancestral gods. Thinking that perhaps some sort of magic power was hidden away in the clothes of the apostles, the governor gave orders to strip them. But Saint Mariam began to seem like a fiery torch before their eyes, and none dared touch her.

They sentenced the saints to crucifixion. The Apostle Philip was raised up on the cross upside down. But then began an earthquake, and a fissure in the earth swallowed up the city governor, together with the pagan priests and many of the people. Others took fright and rushed to take down the apostles from the crosses. Since the Apostle Bartholomew had not been put up high, they managed to take him down quickly. The Apostle Philip however had died. Making Stakhios the bishop of Hieropolis, the Apostle Bartholomew and Blessed Mariam left the city and moved on.

Preaching the Word of God, Mariam arrived in Likaoneia, where she peacefully died (Comm. 17 February). The Apostle Bartholomew set off to India, where he translated the Gospel of Matthew from Hebrew and converted many pagans to Christ. He visited likewise Great Armenia (the country between the River Kura and the upper stretches of the Tigrus and Euphrates Rivers), where he worked many a miracle and healed the daughter of the emperor Polimios from the demons afflicting her. The emperor in gratitude sent gifts to the apostle, who however refused to accept them, saying that he sought only for the salvation of the souls of mankind. Then Polimios together with the empress, their healed daughter and many of those close to them accepted Baptism. And people from the ten cities of Great Armenia followed their example. But through the intrigues of the pagan priests, the Apostle Bartholomew was seized by the emperor brother Astiag in the city of Al'ban (now the city of Baku), and crucified upside down. But even from the cross he did not cease to proclaim the good news about Christ the Saviour. Finally, on orders from Astiag, they flayed the skin from the Apostle Bartholomew and cut off his head. Believers placed his remains in a pewter coffin and buried him.

 In about the year 508, the holy relics of the Apostle Bartholomew were transferred to Mesopotamia, to the city of Dara. When the Persians seized the city in 574, Christians took the relics of the Apostle Bartholomew with them when they fled to the shores of the Black Sea. But since the enemy overtook them there, they were compelled to leave the coffin at the sea. By the power of God the coffin miraculously arrived on the island of Lipara. In the IX Century, after the taking of the island by the Arabs, the holy relics were transferred to the Neapolitan city of Beneventum in Italy, and in the X Century part of the relics were transferred to Rome.

 The holy Apostle Bartholomew is mentioned in the Vita of Joseph the Melodist (+ 883, Comm. 4 April). Having received from a certain man part of the relics of the Apostle Bartholomew, the Monk Joseph conveyed them to his own monastery near Constantinople, and he built a church in the name of the Apostle Bartholomew, placing therein part of the relics. The Monk Joseph ardently desired to compile a laudation in song in honor of the saint, and he fervently besought God to grant him the ability to do so. On the feastday in memory of the Apostle Bartholomew, the Monk Joseph caught sight of him at the altar. He beckoned to Joseph and took the holy Gospel from the altar-table and pressed it to his bosom with the words: "Bless thou the Lord, and let thine song delight the world". And from that time the Monk Joseph began to write hymns and canons and with them adorn not only the feastday of the Apostle Bartholomew, but also the feastdays of many other saints, – compiling altogether about 300 canons. Saints John Chrysostom, Cyril of Alexandria, Epiphanios of Cyprus and certain other teachers of the Church regard the Apostle Bartholomew as being one and the same person as Nathanael (Jn. 1: 45-51, 21: 2).

THE HOLY DISCIPLE BARNABAS (1st.c.)

The Holy Disciple Barnabas was born on the island of Cyprus into a family of rich Hebrews .He was named Joseph and received his education in Jerusalem. Being raised with his friend and co-student Saul (the future Apostle Paul) under the well-known teacher of the law, Gamaliel. Joseph was pious; he frequented the Temple, strictly observed the fasts, and avoided youthful distractions. During this time, our Lord Jesus Christ began His public ministry. Seeing the Lord and hearing His Divine Words, Joseph believed in Him as the Messiah; he was ardent with love for Him and followed Him. The Lord chose him to be among His Seventy Disciples. And it was amongst the followers of the Lord that Joseph received a second name – Barnabas, which in Hebrew means "son of consolation". After the Ascension of the Lord to Heaven, Barnabas sold his land near Jerusalem and he brought the money to the feet of the Apostles, leaving nothing for himself (Acts 4: 36-37).

When Saul, after his conversion, arrived in Jerusalem and sought to join the followers of Christ, everyone there was afraid of him as having been a persecutor only a short while before. Barnabas, however, came with him to the Apostles and reported how the Lord had appeared to Saul on the road to Damascus (Acts 9: 26-28).

 As entrusted him by the Apostles, Saint Barnabas went to Antioch to encourage the believers: "Having come and having seen the grace of God, he rejoiced and he urged all to cleave to the Lord with sincerity of heart" (Acts 11: 23). Then the Disciple Barnabas went to Tarsis, and thereafter he brought the Apostle Paul to Antioch, where for about a year they taught the people in the Church. It was here that the disciples first began to be called Christians (Acts 11: 26). With the onset of famine, and taking along generous alms, Paul and Barnabas returned to Jerusalem. When king Herod killed the Apostle James Zebedaeus, and to please the Jews had the Apostle Peter put under guard in prison, Saints Barnabas and Paul and Peter were led out of the prison by an Angel of the Lord, and they hid out at the house of Barnabas' aunt Maria. Later, when the persecution had quieted down, they returned to Antioch, taking with them Maria's son John, surnamed Mark. Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the prophets and teachers there imposed hands upon Barnabas and Paul, and sent them off on matters to which the Lord had summoned them (Acts 13: 2-3). Arriving in Seleucia, they sailed off to Cyprus and in the city of Salamis they preached the Word of God in the Jewish synagogues. On Paphos they came across a sorcerer and false-prophet named Barjesus, who was close with the proconsul Sergios. Wanting to hear the Word of God, the proconsul invited the saints to come to him. The sorcerer attempted to sway the proconsul from the faith, but the Apostle Paul denounced the sorcerer, who through his words suddenly fell blind. The proconsul believed in Christ (Acts 13: 6-12). From Paphos, Barnabas and Paul set sail for Pergamum, Pamphylia and then preached to the Jews and the Gentiles at Pisidian, Antioch, and throughout that region. The Jews made a riot and expelled Paul and Barnabas. The saints arrived in Iconium, but learning that the Jews wanted to stone them, they withdrew to Lystra and Derben. There the Apostle Paul healed a man crippled in the legs from birth. The people assumed them to be the gods Zeus and Hermes and wanted to offer them sacrifice. The saints barely persuaded them not to do this (Acts 14: 8-18).

When the question arose whether those converted from the Gentiles should accept circumcision, Barnabas and Paul set off to Jerusalem. There, they were warmly received by the Apostles and elders. The preachers related "what God had wrought with them and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles "Acts 14: 27). After long deliberations, the Apostles collectively resolved not to impose upon Gentile-Christians any sort of burden beyond that necessary – to refrain from idol-sacrifice and its blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication, and not to do to others that which they not do (Acts 15: 19-20). Letters were dispatched with Barnabas and Paul, and they again evangelised at Antioch, and after a certain while they decided to visit the other cities, where earlier they had preached. The Disciple Barnabas wanted to take Mark along with him, but the Apostle Paul did not want to, since earlier he had gone off from them. A quarrel arose, and they separated. Paul took Silas with him and set off to Syria and Cilicia, and Barnabas took Mark to Cyprus (Acts 15: 36-41).       Having multiplied the number of believers, the Disciple Barnabas set off to Rome, where he was perhaps the first to preach Christ.       The Disciple Barnabas founded the episcopal seat at Mediolanum (now Milan in Italy), and upon his return to Cyprus he continued to preach about Christ the Saviour. Thereupon the enraged Jews incited the pagans against Saint Barnabas, and they led him out beyond the city and stoned him, and then built a bon-fire so as to burn the body. Later on, having come upon this spot, Mark took up the unharmed body of the Disciple Barnabas and buried it in a cave, placing upon the bosom of Saint Barnabas, in accord with his final wishes, the Gospel of Matthew copied out in his own hand.

The Disciple Barnabas died in about the year 62, at age 76. Over time, his burial place was forgotten. But numerous signs appeared at this place. In 448, during the time of the emperor Zeno, the Disciple Barnabas thrice appeared in a dream-vision to the Cyprus archbishop Anthymos. He indicated the place where his relics were buried. Starting to dig at the indicated spot, Christians found the saint's incorrupt body, and upon his chest was the Holy Gospel. From these times, the Cyprus Church began to be termed Apostolic in origin and received the right of autonomously choosing its head. Thus, the Disciple Barnabas defended Cyprus against the pretensions of the opponent of the Fourth OEcumenical Council, the heretic surnamed Knapheios, who had usurped the patriarchal throne at Antioch and sought to gain dominion over the Cyprus Church.

© 1996-2001 by translator Fr. S. Janos.

EPHESIANS 5:8-19

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), 10 finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. 13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. 14 Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light." 15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

MATTHEW 18:10-20

10 Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven. 11 For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost. 12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying? 13 And if he should find it, assuredly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. 14 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. 15 Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that 'by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.' 17 And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector. 18 Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. 19 Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.

[brookston]

Holidays 10.22

Holidays

Apple Day (French Republic)

Chulalongkorn Day observed (Thailand)

Clean Up the Earth Day

Dassain (Bhutan)

Feast of Fools

Fechner Day (Psychophysicists)

Festival of the House of Mercy

Gormanudr (Start of Innards Month; Iceland)

Half-Earth Day

Highway Beautification Day

iPod Day

INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY (also 6.28)

International Day of Oscillation

International Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Awareness Day

International Stuttering Awareness Day

Kof Awareness Day

National Anna Day

National Barber’s Day

National Color Day

National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression & Criminalization of a Generation

National Diego Day

National Knee Day

National Kristopher NaJee Roebuck Day

National Lauren Day

National Love Your Melon Day

National Make a Dog’s Day

National Santri Day (Indonesia)

National Scar Appreciation Day

National Suicide Mouse Day

Parachute Day

Peniamina Gospel Day (Niue)

Post Polio Syndrome Day (UK)

Smart is Cool Day

Toastmasters Day

Ventiane (Boat Racing Festival; Laos)

Wombat Day (Australia)

World Energy Day

World Planting Day

World’s End Day (Millers)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Eat a Pretzel Day

National Nut Day

National Tex Mex Day

4th Sunday in October

Mother-In-Law Day [4th Sunday]

Mother of Pearl Sunday [Sunday of Last Full Week]

National Jamaican Jerk Day [4th Sunday]

National Tight Ends Day [4th Sunday]

Pumpkin Day [Sunday before 31st]

Swap & Repair Sunday (Canada) [4th Sunday]

World Mission Sunday [4th Sunday]

World Priest Day [4th Sunday]

Independence Days

Laos (from France, 1953)

Russian Empire (Declared, 1721)

Feast Days

Aaron the Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Abercius of Hieropolis (Christian; Saint)

Abu Simbel Festival (Ancient Egypt; also 2.22)

Baphomet’s Day (Pagan)

Bertharius (Christian; Saint)

Catherine de Medici Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Cordula (Christian; Saint)

Dashain (Nepal)

Day of the Crossroads (Pagan)

A Day Sacred To All Deities of the Crossroads

Donatus of Fiesole (Christian; Saint)

Dussehra (a.k.a. Durga Ashtami; India)

Eusebius (Christian; Saint)

Grotius (Positivist; Saint)

Hermes of Heraclea (Christian; Saint)

Intergalactic Peeing Competition Day (Pastafarian)

Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Eras; Kyoto, Japan)

John Paul II, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Maha Asthami [8th Day of Dashain]

Marcus of Jerusalem (Christian; Saint)

Mary Salome (Christian; Saint)

Mellonius (a.k.a. Mello) of Rouen (Christian; Saint)

Nunilo and Alodia (Christian; Martyrs)

Philip, Bishop of Heraclea (Christian; Saint)

Robert Rauschenberg (Artology)

Severus (Christian; Saint)

Sleaze Brothers (Muppetism)

Theodoret of Antioch (Christian; Saint)

Timothy Leary Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 20 of 24)

Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [20 of 24]

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [44 of 53]

Premieres

Bosky the Drawback (WB LT Cartoon; 1932)

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1964)

Destination Moon, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1953) [Tintin #16]

Dune (Film; 2021)

First Blood (Film; 1982)

Fun and Fancy Free (Disney Animated Film; 1947)

The Golden Notebook, by Doris Lessing (Novel; 1962)

Inside Job (Animated TV Series; 2021)

Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

Jolene, by Dolly Parton (Song; 1973)

The Last Picture (Film; 1971)

Led Zeppelin II, by Led Zeppelin (Album; 1969)

New Rose, by The Damned (Song; 1976) [1st Punk Single]

Night Moves, by Bob Seger (Album; 1976)

Now, Voyager (Film; 1942)

One, No One and One Hundred Thousand, by Luigi Pirandello (Novel; 1926)

Painting Theft, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 223; 1963)

Red, by Taylor Swift (Album; 2012)

The Red Shoes (Film; 1948)

R is for Rocket, by Ray Bradbury (Novel; 1962)

Ron’s Gone Wrong (Animated Film; 2021)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (Film; 1949)

The Song Remains the Same, by Led Zeppelin (Live Album; 1976)

The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway (Novel; 1926)

Transatlantic Chicken or Hens Across the Sea (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 224; 1963)

Wonder Woman: Bloodlines (WB Animated Film; 2019)

Today’s Name Days

Cordula, Ingbert, Kordula, Salome (Austria)

Filip, Marija, Marko (Croatia)

Sabina (Czech Republic)

Cordula (Denmark)

Anno, Annus, Hanno, Hannus, Ihan, Ihanus, Jaano, Jaanus (Estonia)

Anette, Anita, Anitta, Anja, Anniina, Nita (Finland)

Élodie, Salomé, Sara (France)

Cordula, Ingbert, Salome (Germany)

Averkios (Greece)

Előd (Hungary)

Donato (Italy)

Irida, Irisa, Salome (Latvia)

Aliodija, Mingedė, Severinas, Viltaras (Lithuania)

Karianne, Karine, Kine (Norway)

Abercjusz, Filip, Halka, Kordelia, Kordula, Przybysława, Sewer (Poland)

Averchie (Romania)

Sergej (Slovakia)

Juan, Pablo, Salomé (Spain)

Marika, Marita (Sweden)

Max, Maximillian (Ukraine)

Cordelia, Cordell, Cordella, Delia, Delilah (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 295 of 2024; 70 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 42 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 20 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Ten-Xu), Day 8 (Gui-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 7 Heshvan 5784

Islamic: 7 Rabi II 1445

J Cal: 25 Shù; Foursday [25 of 30]

Julian: 9 October 2023

Moon: 57%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 15 Descartes (11th Month) [Grotius]

Runic Half Month: Wyn (Joy) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 29 of 89)

Zodiac: Libra (Day 29 of 30)

[travelh0]

❤️ Double tap if you love this - - - The stunning Pamukkale Travertines are firmed from a limestone rich spring that flows down and over a hillside in Pamukkale over time depositing this limestone these amazing travertine form. Often they are formed from the water flowing over and eventually engulfing natural vegetation growing on the hillside. It’s quite amazing to see all this and wonder at the timeframe for this to happen. Add to this the Roman ruins and Cleopatra baths at the summit plus the charm of the village of Pamukkale itself and the friendliness and warm of the locals and Pamukkale is a must on anyone’s bucket list. Just be sure to come stay in the village and not just do a day trip as the day trippers must all pack up and leave before the real magic of the sunset and getting to enjoy it all tourist hustle and bustle free as you can stay around the travertines until after dark. It was such a nice relaxing place for #theflyingmunkey and me to spend a few days here, highly recommend ❤️🙏😊 - - - Tag who you’d go here with 🙋‍♀️🙋🏻‍♂️ - - #amazing #pamukkale #pamukkaletravertines #pamukkalehierapolis #hieropolis #hieropolispamukkale #denizli #turkey #romanruins #romanbaths #naturalwonders #wondersoftheworld - - - 📷 Photo by: @jamagpie - - - To travel with us please follow: @travelho_ Tag: #travelho (at Hierapolis Pamukkale)