Marinated Anchovies

We boil the rice and then let it be cold. We strain the tune from its water and cut it in small pieces. We remove the olive stones and put them with the tune in a platter. We add all the other chopped ingredients and the rice, the salt and the pepper. We beat some oil with lemon juice to sprinkle the salad.

We wash the pumpkins and peel them until they are not green. We grate them and put them in a strainer with some salt, to be withered. We strain them and add the semolina, the walnuts, the sugar, the cinnamon and the oil and mix them. We lay 3 phyllo sheets on the baking pan and some of the mixture and keep laying oiled phyllo sheets and some of the mixture. We keep 3 phyllo sheets to use them in the end.

In this article you will read about the symbolism of various objects in Byzantine Iconography, such as the cross and the Church held by the Saints, the open palms, the Gospel, the scrolls, the rod, medical objects, as well as the choices of colors. Orthodox hagiography reveals to Christians the unearthly, which transcends the boundaries of our physical world. It functions as a way of communication and seeks to highlight the new world that will come with the Kingdom of God. This can be expressed through the icons of the Saints, where characteristics such as schematization, simplicity and differentiation prevail.