The FratricidesAgainst the background of the Greek civil war of the late 1940s, Captain Drakos, son of the local priest Father Yanaros, has taken to the mountains with a group of villagers and joined the Communist rebels. It is Holy Week and Father Yanaros feels that he himself is bearing the sins of the world. |
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... suddenly - why ? Who was to blame ? No great sin had been committed in the village . As always , the villagers fasted during Lent , they ate no meat or fish on Wednesdays and Fridays , they drank no wine on those days , they went to ...
... suddenly - why ? Who was to blame ? No great sin had been committed in the village . As always , the villagers fasted during Lent , they ate no meat or fish on Wednesdays and Fridays , they drank no wine on those days , they went to ...
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... suddenly decided , now , to read the joyful words : " Christos anesti ! ” — “ Christ has risen ! " He read from the Gospel of the Resurrection and then he let out a loud cry . " Patience , fathers , we will meet again in the Sec- ond ...
... suddenly decided , now , to read the joyful words : " Christos anesti ! ” — “ Christ has risen ! " He read from the Gospel of the Resurrection and then he let out a loud cry . " Patience , fathers , we will meet again in the Sec- ond ...
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... Suddenly he heard slow , tired footsteps ; a stone rolled , someone was coming down the hill . Father Yanaros ran toward the sound of moaning , stumbling as he felt his way in the darkness . As he fumbled , he heard a low , breathless ...
... Suddenly he heard slow , tired footsteps ; a stone rolled , someone was coming down the hill . Father Yanaros ran toward the sound of moaning , stumbling as he felt his way in the darkness . As he fumbled , he heard a low , breathless ...
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