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Every Orthodox Easter these 2 churches fire thousands of rockets at each other
Posted on 5/9/24 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 5/9/24 at 3:43 pm
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Robert Kearney
@Robkearney1981
Every Orthodox Easter Sunday for the past 120 years, members of 2 neighboring churches, St. Mark's and Panagia Erithiani, in Vontados on the island of Chios, fire thousands of homemade rockets at each other as part of a tradition called 'Rouketopolemos.'
This year's battle
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Posted on 5/9/24 at 3:52 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
120 years? Man...that's older than a lot of Protestant denominations here in America.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 3:54 pm to RollTide1987
Shocked they aren’t engulfed in flames.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 3:54 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Posted on 5/9/24 at 4:03 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Looked like us having bottle rocket wars when we were kids.
This post was edited on 5/9/24 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 5/9/24 at 4:13 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
fricking awesome. Just a few more than we would shoot at each other as kids.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 4:14 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
I would watch the pay-per-view
Posted on 5/9/24 at 4:18 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
That is awesome.
However, I'm shocked that the entire island, much less either church building, hasn't been burned up during this tradition at least once.
However, I'm shocked that the entire island, much less either church building, hasn't been burned up during this tradition at least once.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 4:20 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Looks like Hamas vs Isreal
Posted on 5/9/24 at 4:20 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
That sounds like an awesome tradition.
Hopefully it doesn't get imported to the US though. We would screw it up and burn both churches to the ground.
Hopefully it doesn't get imported to the US though. We would screw it up and burn both churches to the ground.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 4:51 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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That sounds like an awesome tradition.
Hopefully it doesn't get imported to the US though. We would screw it up and burn both churches to the ground.
I am the exact opposite
Be cool to attend
Posted on 5/9/24 at 5:03 pm to IAmNERD
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However, I'm shocked that the entire island, much less either church building, hasn't been burned up during this tradition at least once.
I'm sure there have been some lessons learned along the way.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 5:04 pm to Tomherman
Hell yeah, I;d be at church every Sunday for a rocket duel.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 5:06 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
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'Rouketopolemos
There are Rednecks and Baws all over the world.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 5:08 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
That's what my cousins' street looked like 1/1 and 1/2 in the 90s.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 5:55 pm to IAmNERD
Oh, I guarantee you that the origins of this are probably not as benign as it is now. As the grandson of Greek Orthodox types. Grudges amongst the Greeks over religion run deep.....very deep. I'm guessing this started out centuries ago about some theological dispute among the priests.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 6:04 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
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Every Orthodox Easter these 2 churches fire thousands of rockets at each other
That's awesome. Added to my travel bucket list.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 6:35 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Pretty cool.
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the objective of hitting the bell tower of the church of the other side.
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Direct hits on each belfry are supposedly counted on the next day to determine the winner, but each parish invariably claims victory over the other. The result of this apparent disagreement is that both parishes agree to settle the score next year,
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buildings themselves and the nearby buildings have to be extensively boarded up and protected with metal sheets and mesh for the occasion.
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According to local lore it was earlier performed with real cannons, until Ottoman authorities prohibited their use in 1889.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 6:40 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
The American version:
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Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:27 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
My ancestors originate from Chios. I visited Chios in the 90s. Not during Orthodox Easter, however. ¡Opa!
This post was edited on 5/9/24 at 9:20 pm
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