Metageitnia

Metageitnia is a Hellenic festival. The festival that gives its name to the Attic month Metageitnion. Honors Apollo as a god of community bonds — specifically the ties between neighbors (geitones). A day to strengthen local relationships, honor Apollo's civilizing force, and tend to the social fabric that sustains the polis (community).

Here is how to celebrate Metageitnia: - Do something for a neighbor, colleague, or someone in your immediate community - Offerings to Apollo: bay laurel, lyre, sunlight, white objects - Sing or play music in honor of the Muses and Apollo - Reflect on what community you belong to and what you contribute to it

The festival that gives its name to the Attic month Metageitnion. Honors Apollo as a god of community bonds — specifically the ties between neighbors (geitones). A day to strengthen local relationships, honor Apollo's civilizing force, and tend to the social fabric that sustains the polis (community).

The deities honored at Metageitnia are: Apollo Metageitnios. The festival that gives its name to the Attic month Metageitnion. Honors Apollo as a god of community bonds — specifically the ties between neighbors (geitones). A day to strengthen local relationship

The spiritual theme of Metageitnia: The community as sacred — Apollo's gift of civilization and the bonds between neighbors. Reflection prompts: Who is your neighbor — not just literally, but in the widest sense? What does belonging to a community ask of you?