Greece - Day 9 - New and old on Syros …

October 2, 2008 | Filed Under Cyclades, Syros, greece

Syros is a thriving community with deep traditions and important ceremonies secular and religious with the lines well blurred between the two. But Syros is fully part of the modern world as well. Sunday night at the famous marble town square in the main port city of Ermopoulis started with a ceremony to unveil a new bronze bust with blessings from the Orthodox church, speeches by politicians, and participation from the military … followed by a rock concert for the entire city.

Old and new seem to meld well here, as well in fact as the Greek Orthodox and Catholic communities on the hills reigning over Ermopoulis.