Thoukydides tells us that “before the Trojan war there is no indication of any common action in Hellas, nor indeed of the universal prevalence of the name; on the contrary, before the time of Hellen, son of Deucalion [i.e., one of the only humans, along with his wife Pyrrhua, to survive the deluge which ended of the Age of Bronze], no such appellation existed, but the country went by the names of the different tribes, in particular of the Pelasgian. Malatras, Christos (2011). And today, the greatest of the Hellenic teachers living at this very moment in Athens, tell us that Hellenism is for everyone, as it is the religion of the kosmos, declare that “the Gods do not only dwell in the mountains of Greece. That mountain is merely one of at least nineteen other peaks in the ancient world also named Olympos, which were each named after the real Mount Olympos because of their awe-inspiring height, not vice versa. There is only one place we know of where there are no winds, rains, snows nor clouds, but where the all-ruling sun is still present, bestowing radiance upon the Gods to perfect them, and this place is far beyond our mundane realm. Overall, as Herodotos tells us, though religion is part of Hellenism, Hellenism is more than a religion. Here the Selli dwelt and those who were formerly called Graeci and now Hellenes.” As such, the Selloi became the Helloi, though again no one is absolutely certain. The Greek Heritage in Victorian Britain. Toronto: Longman, 1974. Others, however, were driven underground and forced into an unsure secrecy, enduring a long period of trial. I'm a proud Greek. Hellenism (Greek: Ellinismós, Latin: Hellenismus), also less frequently called Olympianism (Greek: Olympianismós, Latin: Olympianismus) or Dodekatheism (Greek: Dodekatheïsmós, Latin: Duodecimdeismus), is the traditional polytheistic and animistic orthopraxic religion, lifestyle, aesthetics, and ethos of the ancient Graeco-Roman world, and is the indigenous religion of the common Greek and Latin cultural sphere. Hellenism (Ἑλληνισμός) represents the totality of Hellenic culture, it is understood as a "body of humanistic and classical ideals associated with ancient Greece" as well as to identify "the language, culture, and values of the Hellenes." ... 1453-1821: From the Fall of Constantinople to the Renaissance of Hellenism. Today Hellenism sees a large revival movement which largely grew out of the various folk traditions which have survived since ancient antiquity. As such, we understand that Hellenism is a religion, which at the same time as an orthopraxic tradition, is not merely confined to a temple in an artificial divorce from secular life. The term dates all the way back to the Age of Heroes, though it’s understood that it took quite awhile for the term to take hold as a common identifier for all Hellenes. Rather, Hellenes in the context of the Hellenism this page discusses is the ethnos that had been born in ancient antiquity and survived through the centuries, from ancient Hellas through Byzantium and has survived all the way to the modern day. "Myth and Mythmaking in the Shelley Circle," in. 26). ), The Khthonic/Dii Inferi, or Underworld deities (e.g., Plouton, Hermes, etc. This is a clear understanding from the ancient world, as the divine Emperor Julian tells us: “though my family [the Constantinian dynasty] is Thracian, [I] am a Greek in my habits,” or in other words, logos displaces genos (Flavius Claudius Iulianus, II 501). As such, Hellas, the Greek word for Greece, means “the land of the sun and the rock;” Hellenism means “the culture and/or religion of the sun and the rock;” and the word Hellene can be understood to mean “person of the sun and the rock.”. News. Imagines. Faber and Faber. Homer writes that the real location of Olympos is bathed by King Helios with His radiant and benevolent light (Homer Odyssey, XII, 380), which the divine Julian writes shines upon and perfects the Gods’ Ousia, or Being (Flavius Claudius Iulianus, I 372-373). ny freethinking and intelligent person who is observing the Kosmos with an analytical and imaginative eye is capable of deriving the essential principles of it. An ethnos can be understood as an identity that, rather than being “constructed” based on the point of view of society as a whole, is “constructed” based on the point of view of the traditions and laws of the tribe. Press, 2011. As stated, Hellenism is not merely a system of orthopraxic devotion and supplication of the Gods, but rather is an entire ethos which encompasses one’s entire lifestyle and is thus lived every day. [5] The bland Arcadia such writings presented was echoed pictorially in the art of Puvis de Chavannes, who in turn influenced the early Picasso of the Blue Period. One name that He is also referred to by is Hypatos, “the highest,” for He is not only merely the highest God of the Hellenic religion, but in truth He is the highest and most supreme God in the entire Kosmos. ). We’re doing it through our youth program. “The mission of the National Hellenic Society is to promote, and sustain Hellenism in this country. En histoire, l’ensemble de la civilisation grecque ancienne, et entre autres, en histoire des religions, la religion grecque antique.Le terme d'hellénisation renvoie quant à lui à la diffusion et à l'adoption d'éléments de la culture grecque, particulièrement à la période antique, dans l'Empire romain par exemple ; Any freethinking and intelligent person who is observing the Kosmos with an analytical and imaginative eye is capable of deriving the essential principles of it. We can find an understanding of Hellenism as both universal (katholikos) as well as an ethnikos in the very Gods Themselves. Greenhalgh, P. A. L.; Eliopoulos, Edward (1985). Hellenism (Greek: Ellinismós, Latin: Hellenismus), also less frequently called Olympianism (Greek: Olympianismós, Latin: Olympianismus) or Dodekatheism (Greek: Dodekatheïsmós, Latin: Duodecimdeismus), is the traditional polytheistic and animistic orthopraxic religion, lifestyle, aesthetics, and ethos of the ancient Graeco-Roman world, and is the indigenous religion of the common Greek … 312-655-1234. info@hellenicmuseum.org. “HELLENISMOS FAQ.” http://Www.HellenicGods.org. Secondly, it has consequences at a legal level, because it means Hellenes cannot ask for the rights of a religion, which including the right to construct temples, enroll their children into a Hellenic education (paideia, a pillar of the Hellenic religion) or conduct Hellenic marriages, which many countries in the world, even Greece until recently, still do not grant them. For Arnold, Hellenism was the opposite of Hebraism. It is part of humanity’s shared heritage. Kaldellēs, Antōnios Emm. Many articles are incomplete, and those which do seem complete may be subject to complete revision. 'Grecian Grandeurs and the Rude Wasting of Old Time': Britain, the Elgin Marbles, and Post-Revolutionary Hellenism." A similar logic can be applied to the Olympian Gods, who are the Hypercosmic Powers who overlook each of the Zodiac Houses. The religion makes use of reconstructionist methodology to revive Hellenism and form a living tradition and uphold proper practice appropriate to the modern day. The place in which they live is waterless and inaccessible, but has olives from which they gain some consolation.”. In K. A. Dimadis. Here, , where the word Hellene comes from the prefixes, About the Authors, Mission Statement & Principles, Julian the Theurgist & Julian the Chaldean, exchange of gifts between the divine and mortals, http://www.caldridge.net/2016/12/where-is-olympus-greatest-mysteries.html, https://www.academia.edu/1999944/The_making_of_an_ethnic_group_the_Romaioi_in_12th-13th_century, http://www.hellenicgods.org/exclusivism-and-hellenismos, Update on the Website + Stance Against Hindutva, Strengthening your Connection with the Gods, The Ouranic/Dii Superi, or Olympian deities (e.g., Zeus-Helios, Hera, etc. Rather, to be a practitioner of Hellenism, one must embrace the Hellenic ethos via a process of education where one Hellenizes themselves and ultimately participates in the ethnos. At the same time, of course, the Highest God, in His particular manifestation as Zeus, presents Himself in a particular form and in a particular mythology that is unique to Hellenism, and is perceived of, arrived to, worshiped in, and had His cultus spread throughout the world, in a distinctly Hellenic context and manner. A Shadow of Magnitude: The Acquisition of the Elgin Marbles. May 22 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Crete. Wright. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. As stated prior, Hellenism on an global scale began after the death of Alexander the Great and the spreading of Greek culture throughout the Mediterranean. George Sourlas, President of the Association of Relatives of the Fallen during the 1940-41 Epic, in a letter to the Foreign, Health, and Education and Religion Ministers, asked for COVID-19 self-tests for students in Northern Epirus in today’s southern Albania. The term paganus, coming from Latin pagus, “district,” also relates to the idea of nationhood. Historically, Hellenism went on to continue on for many centuries, even after Christians took control of the Roman Empire and begun bloody persecution against Hellenes. Broadly speaking, Hellenism is a polytheistic religion that understands the Gods are unchanging, unbegotten, eternal, and not in space. This is “the providence of the King of Gods and men, the design and solution of Zeus for all his creatures, not just for a few” (HellenicGods.org 2010, THE ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION IS A UNIVERSAL RELIGION). The best proof of this is furnished by Homer. Here, the myth of Deukalion and Pyrrha tell us of how following the great deluge, they repopulate the land by casting stones which become people, the first being Hellen, the eponymous King of the Hellenes who would come to be the progenitor of the Greek peoples. Greek was the language Roman aristocrats demonstrated to show their culture. Participating within a ethnos does not designate a people of common descent (genos), but a mind-set (logoi) (Libanios, Or. Our award-winning engagement and innovation initiatives are firmly rooted in the local, regional and national community. The Society’s mission is also to pass on the stewardship of Greek heritage and shared democratic values and ideals to the next generation. [4], Rosewater Hellenism was the opprobrious term applied in the late 19th century to an over-idealised form of neoclassical writing. The precise etymology of Hellenism is uncertain, and mostly speculative. Accessed January 18, 2018. http://www.hellenicgods.org/. This can directly relate to another etymological theory, where the word Hellene comes from the prefixes el/ελ (meaning “sun, bright, shiny,” related to elios, “sun“) and las/λας (meaning “rock, stone”). And it was their ancestors who preserved so much of what we retain of it today. As such, Sell probably led to “Hellene” through regular sound change. The Greek region of Laconia in particular resisted conversion for an extended period of time and the last public Hellenes were the Maniots in 875 ACE, though they continued to practice their religion until the 10th-11th centuries, which was noted by Constantine VII’s in his work De Administrando Imperio. Participation in an ethnos is defined by having acceptance in a community and participating in the life of that community. This process is mandatory to practice Hellenism, but it is available to all who wish to join the Hellenic tradition. As such, Hellenism is self-revelatory. They are the Gods of all people and have dominion over everything” (HellenicGods.org 2010, THE ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION IS A UNIVERSAL RELIGION). 333 S. Halsted Street Chicago, IL 60661. Furthermore, it cannot be confused with a secular notion of “culture” because one can be Hellenic in ancestry, speak Greek and Latin, and undertake every Hellenic cultural aspect – but if you convert to a religion incompatible with Hellenism you are not a Hellene anymore, as demonstrated by medieval “Greek Christians” who took to identifying themselves as “Rhomaioi” (i.e., Roman, Byzantine) instead of “Hellene” once they converted away from Hellenism and into Christianity (Howatson 1989, 264), rejecting the cultural force of Hellenism and explicitly classifying Hellenes as a distinct people with a separate identity (Malatras 2011, 425-427). In the early nineteenth century, during the Greek War of Independence, many foreign parties--including prominent Englishmen such as Lord Byron--offered zealous support for the Greek cause. Translated by Richard Crawley. The former term stood for "spontaneity," and for "things as they really are"; the latter term stood for "strictness of conscience," and for "conduct and obedience." Hellenic Faith is a website dedicated to Julian Hellenism, a reformed denomination of Hellenism, the polytheistic religion of the Graeco-Roman world, influenced by the teachings and writings of Julian the Philosopher (r. 361-363 ACE) and the divine Iamblichus (c. 245-325 ACE). Late Byzantine History of Emperors describes the devout and pious Pagan, Emperor Diokletianos, as “Roman Emperor, Hellene and idolater” (Iadevaia 2005, 9). This is because though Pagan traditions such as Hellenism are ethnikos because they originated with a group of people, they are at the same time katholikos, or universal, because anyone can join them via adopting the ethos. Other major figures include Hegel, Schlegel, Schelling and Schiller. One theory is that the ancient Hellenes originally called themselves Selloi, and that through time the initial sigma in Proto-Greek became aspirated in ancient Greek, turning /s/ into /h/ in initial positions. Hellenism must therefore, by definition, be simultaneously both a universal religion and a ethnikos. This movement also inflected the worlds of fashion, interior design, furniture-making--even hairstyles. The works of emperor Julian. "Foundations," 3.1 (2008) 31–64. 1821 – 2021 200 Years The Hellenic Revolution of 1821 as an apocalypse of its late Hellenic Heritage Genesis and Eternal Continuance. Radical Platonism in Byzantium. One acquires culture through a process of civilizing education called paideia (Elm 2012, 378-379), where one Hellenizes themselves and thus adopt the ethos, or “character,” of Hellenism (e.g., language, history, philosophy, etc). Hellenism can be described as a form of Paganism, also called Ethnism (Latin: Paganismo, Greek: Ethnikos), which means it is an ethnos. Since 1922. This can thus produce a certain anxiety among those who are Hellenic by genos that a precious possession of theirs, a very birth-rite of the Hellenic people, their religious tradition, is being stolen from them. This can be seen in much of colonial history, where by defining religion in a way that was incompatible with certain religious traditions (e.g., defining that it must have a holy book and a prophet) colonialists were able to levy themselves on those without “real religion,” as seen with the conquest of the Americas. It is well known that the Living Immortals dwell on Mount Olympos, but only the uneducated would actually think that the location of Mount Olympos was synonymous with the mountain in northern Greece. Elgin's activities caused a controversy that continues to this day. “THE ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION IS A UNIVERSAL RELIGION,NOT AN ETHNIC RELIGION.” http://Www.HellenicGods.org. Furthermore, the Gods are not bound by any mortal society and belong to no one, as They are not mere culture nor objects– They are real, living and eternal Beings who have agencies of Their own, and thus cannot be reduced to mere “trinkets” that belong to a culture, as this stupidly substitutes human judgment over that of the Gods and would thus commit the sin of hubris. University of California Press, 2012. Howatson, M.C. Everything on this website is subject to change. It is primarily a devotional or votive religion, based on the exchange of gifts between the divine and mortals typically through correctly performed sacrificial rituals. This would not only exclude every mountain on Earth, but it would also rule out every landmass too. It is a Orphic-Platonic tradition, derived from the teachings of Orpheus through the Platonic school, and solar-based, centered around the worship of the omnipotent creator God, King Zeus-Helios. "Hellenism in Byron and Keats. I came from a tough neighborhood. Philostratus the Elder, Philostratus the Younger, and Callistratus. And that’s just where Olympos sits: the heavens. His teachings hold a great appeal in our world, which is often turbulent, difficult, and even painful. [3] Other major figures include Swinburne, Pater, Wilde, and Symonds. Drawing from Winckelmann (either directly or derivatively), these poets frequently turned to Greece as a model of ideal beauty, transcendent philosophy, democratic politics, and homosociality or homosexuality (for Shelley especially). Many of these decided to assume for appearance’ sake the name of Christian in order to avert the immediate threat; but it was not long before they were for the most part caught at their libations and sacrifices” (Procopius 1935, 137-141). Casey, Christopher. " Siniossoglou, Niketas. The Greek-American Heritage Society of Philadelphia. He was right. This notion goes back to ancient Athens as Isokrates tells us: “Athens has made it so that the name of the Greeks designates not a people [genos] but a mind-set, and those are called Greeks who share in our culture rather than our common stock [physis]” (Isokrates: Panegyric 50). In his eternal teachings, known as the Mysteries, Orpheus taught the origin of the Kosmos, the Gods, and ourselves. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981. ), Ancestors and ancestral divinities (e.g., Lares, Penates, etc. The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. And an additional Hellene was a certain Julius Pomponius Laetus, also named Pomponio Leto (c. 1428 – 9 June 1498), who started an academy that aimed to restore the traditional Hellenic religion of Rome, whose effort was violently shut down by Pope Paul II in 1468. Another, perhaps more mystical approach, builds off of the previous example. However, this process of non-Greeks becoming Hellenes truly flourished on a global scale during what contemporary historians call the Hellenistic period, an era which began following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE. The renown Hellenic philosopher Gemistos Plethon (c. 1355 – 1452/1454 ACE) founded a Platonic school in the Peloponnesian city of Mystras which is said to have had students (themselves sometimes persecuted for being Hellenes) often praying to statues of Hellenic deities, and wrote a piece, the Nómoi, which called for the reorganization of the Byzantine Empire and the return to Hellenism. This particular brand of Hellenism, pertaining to modern rather than ancient Greece, has come to be called philhellenism. The name “Hellene” is exceptionally ancient, far predating Julian’s usage. Instead, we can begin to understand what an ethnos designates by looking at its etymology. Also shining a light on Hellenism is the annual Prometheia Festival, an event aimed at highlighting the ancient Hellenic spirit. Flavius Claudius Iulianus Augustus, and Wilmer Cave. This is supported by. Homer only uses the term Hellene twice in his works (, The precise etymology of Hellenism is uncertain, and mostly speculative. In fact, an openness to new ideas and embracing beauty and truth wherever you find it are fundamental features of Hellenism. On that note, it is important to address certain individuals who, thinking that religion and lifestyle must be separate, have come to assert that Hellenism is “not a religion, but a way of life.” This is a dangerous mistake for two reasons. “Where Is Olympus? However, it is not just a system of orthopraxic devotion and supplication of the divine, but rather is an entire everyday lived ethos and system of morality which encompasses a person’s entire lifestyle; a modus vivendi et operandi, or “way of living and operating.” The ethical convictions of Hellenes are inspired by ancient Graeco-Roman virtues such as reciprocity, hospitality, and moderation. Cavafy’s father was an importer-exporter whose business responsibilities frequently led him to the port city of Liverpool, England. A volunteer-based organization with a mission of preserving and promoting Hellenism with a goal of inspiring social change and triggering personal growth by reconnecting both youth and adults to their heritage. ISBN 0-571-13524-2. In the Greek New Testament those ascribing to pre-Christian religions are called ta ethnē, meaning “the tribes” or “the nations” (Luke 24:47, Matthew 25:32, Matthew 28:19). Although publicly Hellenism was seemingly defeated, it continued on for several more centuries in two forms. Deep into Mani: Journey to the Southern Tip of Greece. As such, Sell probably led to “Hellene” through regular sound change. The Rise of Romantic Hellenism in English Literature, 1732-1786. Another Hellene was Michael Tarchaniota Marullus (c. 1458 – 1500 ACE), a Hellene either from Sparta or Constantinople who became a mercenary in medieval Italy, who privately translated many ancient Hellenic works such as the Orphic Hymns, and wrote the Hymni naturales, devotional hymns dedicated to the immortal Gods. Michael Psellos (c. 1017/1018 – 1078/1096 ACE) was accused of, and likely implicit in, being secretly a Hellene. It is thus very straightforward to understand that Hellenism was the world’s first universal religion. Another notable example is ancient Athens, which Herodotos tells us had actually began as a pre-Hellenic Pelasgian settlement that had become Hellenized through a process of paideia, where its inhabitants learned the Hellenic language (Herodotos Histories, I.57). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Hellenism can and will manifest in different forms in different regions and adopt itself effortlessly to the religious customs of the area where it becomes absorbed— so long as they do not conflict with Hellenism— though with a consistent Hellenic tone at the foundation. [2], The Victorian period saw new forms of Hellenism, none more famous than the social theory of Matthew Arnold in his book, Culture and Anarchy (published as a book in 1869). Hellenistic and Hellenized culture interacted and mingled with local cultures throughout the region and created new, diverse traditions. Rather, one becomes part of an ethnos through work. This identification of Hellenes as a separate peoples continued into the Medieval era, with Procopius writing that the Christian Emperor Justinian tried to destroy Hellenism, even within private life, with new decrees and lawcodes such as his Corpus Juris Civilis, stating that “he [Justinian] turned the persecution against the ‘Greeks’ [Hellenes], torturing their bodies and looting their property. London: Heinemann etc., 1962. In art and architecture, the Greek influence saw a zenith in the early nineteenth century, following from a Greek Revival that began with archaeological discoveries in the eighteenth century, and that changed the look of buildings, gardens and cemeteries (among other things) in England and continental Europe. Cavafy is widely considered the most distinguished Greek poet of the 20th century. Hellenism’s universality is further made evident by Orpheus, a sage who lived during the Age of the Heroes who is the primary and most foundational theologian of the Hellenic religion. Therefore, according to the divine Homer, while the Gods rule over our kosmos and all things inhabiting them, Their abode isn’t a place in our mundane realm (Aldridge 2016). The term Hellenism was first coined in its proper religious sense by the blessed Emperor Flavius Claudius Iulianus Augustus to refer to the general entirety of Graeco-Roman tradition as it was fundamentally derived from the Greeks, or Hellenes. December 01, 2016. Born in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on April 29 1863, but with a family heritage from Constantinople and before that Sinopi in Pontos, Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, commonly known as Constantine P. Cavafy, was a journalist and one of the greatest Greek poets. Beginning during this time, Hellenic culture and practices would be spread by Alexander’s successors, the Diadokhoi, and later on eventually Rome, leading Hellenism to become the dominant religion of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. II.184) (Kaldellis 2011, 54). As such, Hellenism and its practices are applicable to all peoples, and this is one of the reasons for the tradition’s heavenly majesty. Rather, one must embrace the Hellenic ethos to truly become a practitioner of Hellenism. https://www.academia.edu/1999944/The_making_of_an_ethnic_group_the_Romaioi_in_12th-13th_century. Its sense of ownership over the “Classics” is often challenged either by particular deluded “academics” from Western Europeans or equally foolish political organizations, who frequently feel a misled necessity to stress some kind of “inferiority” of present-day Greeks to their classical forebears, or even wholly erase their identity. Elm, Susanna. In Germany, the preeminent figure in the movement was Winckelmann, the art historian and aesthetic theoretician who first articulated what would come to be the orthodoxies of the Greek ideal in sculpture (though he only examined Roman copies of Greek statues, and was murdered before setting foot in Greece). A place with a rich intangible heritage, Delphi was the centre of the world (omphalos) in the eyes of the ancient Greeks: according to myth, it was the meeting point of two eagles released by Zeus, one to the East and one in the West. Homer. It is not vague, undefined “earth-based” spirituality. Engagement. ", Protopsaltis, E.G. For Winckelmann, the essence of Greek art was noble simplicity and sedate grandeur, often encapsulated in sculptures representing moments of intense emotion or tribulation. As such, religions of “the tribes/nations” were deemed ethnikos (“ethnic,” but this does not have the same connotation as the English word), as pertaining to a tribe or nation (not to be confused with the contemporary notion of a nation-state), in opposition to Christian katholikos, “catholic” or “universal.” In the Latin West, the term Paganus, or Pagan, was coined in the religious sense by Christians in Late Antiquity as a translation of ethnikos. And to those of Greek genos who feel threatened by this great diversity of peoples coming once again into Hellenism, let it be known that “those of us who are not of your blood, but who love the Gods, are also Philhellenes, friends of the Greeks, a new generation like those of the great war for independence, those like Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley” (HellenicGods.org 2010, THE ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION IS A UNIVERSAL RELIGION). It is expected to be completed by (at the very least) the year 2021 ACE. Women poets, such as Mary Robinson, Felicia Hemans, Letitia Elizabeth Landon and Elizabeth Barrett Browning were also deeply involved in retelling the myths of classical Greece.[1]. Turner, Frank. Hellenism has a history of welcoming people of diverse backgrounds, including several famous Hellenes such as Plotinos (a Egyptian), Iamblichus (a Syrian), Emperor Julian (a Illyro-Thracian), and so on, who were each not born as Hellenes. And because the Gods are real, living Beings, with agencies of Their own, They are not bound to any one culture and can not be subject to cultural appropriation, as They can manifest Themselves to any peoples or particular persons that They please. As a neoclassical movement distinct from other Roman or Greco-Roman forms of neoclassicism emerging after the European Renaissance, it most often is associated with Germany and England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Hellenistic age, in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, the period between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 bce and the conquest of Egypt by Rome in 30 bce. Someone who is not born in Hellas and not born by Hellenic parents, but has a Hellenic education and thus has thoroughly Hellenized themselves, can be considered “more Hellenic” than someone who had the two prior but was deprived of the latter. A website dedicated to Julian Hellenism, a form of Later Graeco-Roman polytheism primarily influenced by the teachings and writings of Julian the Philosopher and the divine Iamblichus. Hellenes worship a large number of deities, which includes: Those who practice Hellenism are called Hellenes, which in this context is not the same as citizens from the contemporary Christian nation in Greece who likewise call themselves Hellenes but partake in a “Christian Hellenism” invented by the Romiosyni (i.e., Greek Christians) 200 years ago. I used to be a 'Dirty Greek,' But my father used to say to me, 'When you grow up and realize what your heritage means, then they'll need a permit to speak to you.' However, despite the colossal effort to dismantle and exterminate our religion, it continued to persist. I carry my Hellenism like a badge of merit. If you undergo a process of paideia and this cultivates into a conversion to Hellenism, where you participate in the Hellenic community, then you are a Hellene. Merely worshiping the Gods does not make one a Hellene, because if it were so then superstitious Wiccans would be considered Hellenic simply for their lipservice to the Gods. The Hellenistic period was a time when Greek culture spread throughout and influenced Southwest Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean regions. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt, where his Greek parents had settled in the mid-1850s. Universal religion, Wilde, and Callistratus katholikos ) as well as an apocalypse of late. 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