Exarchos

Passion Flower Of Exarchos

A quick post with a photo I took of a passion flower – went for a hike along a “back road” near Exarchos in August. While walking along, I came upon a hedge bordering someone’s house property and the road, that included grape vines and what I later discovered, passion vines. In Greece, this is […]

Passion Flower Of Exarchos Read More »

Saints Taxiarches (Άγιοι Ταξιάρχε) Church, Exarchos, Greece

Sometimes Google translate does not get things right at all. When I tried to translate the Greek word “Ταξιάρχε” with Google Translate, Google told me it meant “Taxi Drivers.” In fact, the term – Taxiarches – in English/Latin letters refers in Greek Orthodoxy to one or both of the archangels – Michael and/or Gabriel. In

Saints Taxiarches (Άγιοι Ταξιάρχε) Church, Exarchos, Greece Read More »

Packages To “Small Town,” Greece

Getting packages to Exarchos, Greece is not the easiest thing in the world…. recently, I had occasion to order some photographic lens filters from the United Kingdom. A seller on Ebay had two filters that I wanted for my Nikon D7000 camera, while another seller in Poland had a battery charger for the same camera,

Packages To “Small Town,” Greece Read More »

St. Nicholas Church – Exarchos, Greece

For the second year in a row, I’m spending some time in the small Greek village of Exarchos, which geographically is in Central Greece, and located within the prefecture of “Fthiotida,” (try pronouncing that – our English language never puts an “F” sound directly in front of “TH” so it is not a natural thing

St. Nicholas Church – Exarchos, Greece Read More »

Scroll to Top