Zacharias Papantoniou

“ As she said her goodbyes, to her mother, brother, her family, all the descendants of old Athanase were crying. The tears flowed abundantly. That's the two rivers that Aphrodo had seen in her dream!
Aphrodo kissed Lambros for a long time. Then she kissed the children too, just as she had Lambros; she kissed Phanis and Dimos on both cheeks, she kissed Andreas, Foudoulis and Costakis. ”

“ In the evening the table was prepared in front of the cabins. The bride was seated on one side with the mother-in-law and on the other side were the men. The bride's first cousins and with them Lambros brought the dishes and served the wine.
The women and girls prepare the bride. When the pope raised his hand to adjust his hat, everyone was quiet, as they understood that he was going to chant the troparion – a short hymn. And then the old pope from Colombe, with his white beard, sang the hymn to the Virgin Mary in his beautiful strong voice. ”