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Firewalkers find peace in ancient Greek rite at Aghia Eleni
In Aghia Eleni Greece firewalkers for the Saints Constantine and Helen feast walk barefoot across glowing embers after a three day celebration. The rite, tied to refugees from Kosti and northern Bulgaria, signals tension between church and state amid Greece's modernization. Local firewalker Tasos Reklos cites faith expressed in living practice.
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Aghia Eleni
Greece
Jesus Christ
Tasos Reklos
Constantine and
Helen
Thessaloniki
Kosti
Bulgaria
Dionysus
Rek
Tos
Ioannis Stoikos
Serres
Tzivelis
Regina Schobert
Nick Loetscher
Steffisburg
Switzerland
Schubert