On Sunday, May 16, Stratis Panourios was our Special Guest. He is fluent it English, but his friend Lena translated for him so that he could give the clearest expression to his thoughts. He talked about a production of Aeschylus’ play The Persians which he is directing at a prison in Athens. He emphasized the character of Xerxes, who returns to Persia after leading the Persian army to a terrible defeat by the Greeks. Stratis said that men coming out of prison face a difficulty analogous to that of Xerxes, and that when he talked with them about it, he was very moved by their stories.

We had a lively Zoom gathering, which included Keith Scales, Curt Tofteland, Kim Stafford, Gail Lester, Martha Ragland, Todd Oleson, Demetra Ariston, Brent Gregston and Katie Radditz.

If you’d like to watch a video recording of the conversation, let me know, and I’ll email it to you.

ειρήνη &  αγάπη

Johnny