NEW CUSTOMS IN GREEK ORTHODOX PARISHES AS EXPRESIONS OF GREEK URBAN RELIGIOSITY

Abstract

This study examines some of the most characteristic forms of the newly-established customs,
which relate to urban parishes’ religious festivals and excursions. Over and above their cultural
aspects, the identification and study of these customs presents pastoral dimensions, as they
constitute characteristic cases of observances and rituals that priests are confronted with on a
daily basis and to which, on occasion, they contribute decisively in terms of their formation and
establishment. Because of this, their study presents a broader social and cultural interest, as
they constitute contemporary expressions of existing human feelings and aspirations, but
enriched with forms of modernist daily life.