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Show The Park Record Saturday, July 8, 2000 C-6 I i w i in " : i I - i a:p Rial.- tiisk; ferns; Sub-lease Beautiful Executive Office Suite consisting of 2,886 rentable square feet with seven prvate offices, beautiful high-tech conference room, and more ... Below Market Rent (S18.55 RSF) and CAM charges ($4,10) through April 5, 2001; negotiate renewal rates with landlord for three to five year lease. Fully furnished with Lucent Technologies telephone system, upgraded tenant improvements, custom built furniture: complete package available for S80.000 ISDN high-speed telephone service is available Three Covered parking spaces available with lease Conveniently located at the bottom of Swede Alley near Deer Valley Drive at entrance to ParK City's Old Town arts ;:.-.".i-t!...-.tin ' il- - 435-658-3666 1 GREEK EASTER IN THE ISLANDS BEST COMMERCIAL BUILDING FOR LEASE IN KIMBALL JUNCTION L Brand new retail-office-medical space by Shirley Smith RECORD GUEST WRITER Shirley Smith returned recently front escorting ii group to Greece and Turkey on her annual Greek Easter hiking trip. Fur kites included Bob and Sharon Winders, Tom and Tevy 'etter Bill and Penny Cunningham. Btb and Ellen Jenkins. llsa " Leonhart and Lee Paulson We wanted to flv from Athens to the island of Rhodes in the MORNING MORN-ING on Megalo Paraskevi (Big Friday, as Good Friday is known in Greece) but we didnt mean at 5:30 in the morning. Olympic Airways must hae misunderstood our desires, for 5:30 a.m. w as the ONLY morning flight on this, the busiest travel day in the Greek calendar. So. who were we to argue? Never mind that we got up in the middle of the night and left Athens in the pitch black. Never mind that we were still jet-lagged and tired from the full day of sightseeing the day before. We decided we would look on the early hour as a bonus. We would now have more time in beautiful Rhodes. The sun was just rising as we landed at the small international airport air-port by the sea and b the time we reached the S. Nikolis Hotel inside the w alls of the medieval inner city of Rhodes, the day was brilliant in springtime sunshine. We luxuriated over Marianne's Danish Greek breakfast on the roof of the tiny family-buill-and-run hotel and watched the old town spread before us come to life. In the distance shimmers shim-mers the Aegean, with ships gliding $t RfW comPetitive rates 518. $ fAdjacent to Walmart, Staples, Pier I, and new County bervices Building (888) 333'91owner Tfr tit tw -nr ttv" tit rvr -rir - t A PHOTO COURTESY OF SHIRLEY SMITH Gabriel, the abbot of Panormitis, gre-ft visjlqrok the monastery. I' by in the distance, just below us are the w arrens of streets that make up this fascinating city within a city that has changed so little over the centuries. cen-turies. The arches over the cobbled alleyways leading away from the hotel are glorified for Easter with handmade wooden representations of the stations of the cross, and the cobblestones are strew n with myrtle branches in preparation for the evening's ritual procession from the nearby orthodox church. But before we could take part in this, the beginning night of the most important festival in the Greek calendar, cal-endar, we had sights to see. To help us see them we had Demetrios. Dark and handsome in the classical Mediterranean mold, the ladies loved him. Fun-loving and intelligent, intelli-gent, his English perfect, the men loo were impressed and we gladly followed him through one of the massive gates of the old town, up through the neighborhoods to Monte Smith, the high point of the city and site of an ancient temple anil theater and from there down through the blossoming hills back through the old town itself. Lunch of succulent tidbits at Galini, a most special res:aurant in the heart of the old city and people set off for naps or shopping or. in my case, visiting with my goddaughter and her family. Unbelievably, we were ail still alert enough for the short stroll through the now dark streets and a simple dinner at a restaurant close to the church from whence the Easter Friday procession Hegins. In the Greek Orthodox religion Easter is the most important festival, and is always the focal point of our spring trip. Emphasis is placed on the Resurrection rather than the Crucifixion, so it is a joyo is occasion. occa-sion. There are serv ices throughout the week preceding, but the celebration celebra-tion really commences on Good Friday with the procession from churches around the country of tl.e flower-covered bier (representing Christ's funeral bier) through the town or village. In old town Rhodes the procession, proces-sion, with participants carrying candles can-dles and the priests swinging incense lanterns, wends its wav through the J w A -TiS t . I B" 1 i J am w"iMftu ' ' "fir 1 ' i km IU 1 ki Jl i i. i ! 1 I 2 mm PHOTO COURTESY OF SHIRLEY SMITH. The chapel of Panormitis, a Greek monastery, Is where many locals come to celebrate Easter service. many of the faithful have spent a we assign sleeping quarters in our good part of the day. Some of our group walked in the procession, others oth-ers watched from the door of our little lit-tle hotel as it passed. In any case, we felt the importance of this ritual to the people of the town and felt honored hon-ored that we could be there to observe this important aspect of the Easter celebration. No one had trouble trou-ble sleeping that night. Morning daw ned clear and sunny and "jet lag" were words only as we enjoyed another wonderful rooftop breakfast and set off by local hydrofoil hydro-foil to "my" island of Symi. where we would take part in the balance of the Easter celebrations. Our stay in Symi alw ays begins w ith a lunch at O Merokles. my favorite taerna just off the harbor, where we had a chance to sample tiny Symi shrimp, salads, freshly cooked vegetables and pitchers of local w ine. Full and happy, we spent the afternoon taking tak-ing our first hike to the bay of Niomborio and back past the church of Aghios Georgios. that sits high on a hillside overlooking the shimmering shimmer-ing Aegean below. Late in the afternoon, we gather our "church clothes" and head for the far side of the harbor to board the local Symi transportation for our trip to Panormitis, the monastery- on the far side of the island where we will join locals and visitors from many parts of Greece for the mid-nisht mid-nisht sen ice. Laden with bread.. simple accommodations. When was the last time we had had a co-ed slumber party? A short nap and our giggling of the arrival hour was now a proper solemnity. Dressed in our finest, we walk the short distance f.o the small, ornate chapel, bells pealing as we approached. Long and not at all understood, the service is nevertheless neverthe-less poignant and spellbinding in its beauty ard pageantry. Just before midnight the lights dim and each churchgoer hoids a lighted candle and follows the abbot and his assistants assis-tants out the door to the spacious inner courtyard of the monastery. Here at the strike of midnight kisses and w ishes are exchanged, the abbot announces Hnstos Anesti (Chnst is Risen), the bell in the ornate, white bell tower clangs in joy and the young bos set off firecrackers by the sea. A chance to stretch our legs and move about, but now back to church and another two hours of chanting by young, full-voiced cantors. can-tors. At last the sen ice ends, we file forward to kiss the Abbot hand and receive the traditional red egg. symbolizing the blood of Christ. And now the finale to the evening the breaking of the lenten fast in the refectory at the far end of the courtyard. Here several hundred people are served a sumptuous feast of the traditional Mavgentsa (iamb innard soup) salad, lamb, cheese tiny medieval streets, making a circle cheese, olives and plenty, of liquid .bks and wine. Not our usual 3 a.m. puck iu nit: ciiyivu. ncu, wit reuesnmcms we laugn aoa jokc as Please see Journty, C-8 CEDAR. jRJBGE AT QUARRY JUNCTION 1 SS5l-SI Geacxt "Rid v.- - xtsm t community, oj-j-es ie. ultimate in designer finiskeS unique spacious looplanS and outstanding views. Face Lift for $45.0.00 (garage) Too Good To Be True??? Let us patch, repair, and paint your garage. Call for an appointment 649-0708 Licensed and Insured OOT PMM f - - - -- ft A i4v A I Models for Sale or Leaseback, Main Floor Masters with Fireplaces. 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