Tonight all children (and many adults) celebrate the feast of Sinterklaas, the Dutch version of the old Byzantine saint Agios Nicolaos, who died on the 6th of December 342- 1675 years ago. A good reason to burn a candle for my Nicolaos icon, made by the Pachomeou brothers in Karyes in 1986. Read more here.
Wim, 5th December 2017