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<v Speaker 3>determination and cultural resilience as Alexis battles a storm to

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<v Speaker 3>keep his family's Easter traditions alive in Santurn.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh Alexis almosts tapanda fountahi o alexis ierina mescoponavo thesisni

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<v Speaker 1>paradosi an absition to ni basalior t io tipros the

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<v Speaker 1>gis ean magales tote left it apos ya ya tombabu

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<v Speaker 1>to steals kolos, to salus melias ta takataume iest titao

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<v Speaker 1>tongsadel photo and no epsac metropus nepostatskida o kerosta parasi

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<v Speaker 1>the platus e le n e a dfidu ti tao

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<v Speaker 1>kitussihi alexi and then sta matisi iv rohi tau rotiice

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<v Speaker 1>cathos maarip and mix tamayatis ta takatagio apocriticio. Alexis may

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<v Speaker 1>have to pepthesi o tityos, hamoyeles IPOs, trisundstone kid or

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<v Speaker 1>artisan a mazevuni la keipanya mevoa eleni kataskeva prosoro kataio

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<v Speaker 1>jiro poto pir aemus dinam one ivromania keto kataiomen and

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<v Speaker 1>dehi oh alexis prospatusidi ar cosnatoen is hissi elpisonda mines

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<v Speaker 1>and danni eco yenia paraclu and ameniagnia is themes fanes

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<v Speaker 1>map ifodato theagmatis to ernisike is tagnes archisana kadoor afinodestone

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<v Speaker 1>nomosini o alexis and katida for retico mesato i kataio

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<v Speaker 1>jimonon assosio pasha ale in the themetis ress do this paradosis,

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<v Speaker 1>do only mazeftican heiro pott trapezi katatte gipuetis or alexis

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<v Speaker 1>metageria do ikaua tokatha ye yo kiten dooxae sepimonie kus

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<v Speaker 1>keekinus and you the po thesi meross in de men

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<v Speaker 1>skleronomias do scavaraenias do.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you

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<v Speaker 3>may have missed.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh Alexis kitexta mavra sinepha perlitica palasa.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh Alexis looked at the threatening black clouds coming from

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<v Speaker 3>Desi riscot.

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<v Speaker 1>And stsandorini stospit it is yayas to opuka anixi your

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<v Speaker 1>tasent in Orthodoxy anastas your test.

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<v Speaker 3>He was in Saturny at his grandmother's house, where every

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<v Speaker 3>spring they celebrate the Orthodox Resurrection with grand festivities.

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<v Speaker 1>Almost vetos tapanda fenota no haunkatvrohi.

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<v Speaker 3>However, this year everything seemed like it would be lost

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<v Speaker 3>under the rain.

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<v Speaker 1>O Alexis ihieri aina mescopnicoki paradossi an absision to ernie

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<v Speaker 1>bashali ne yor ti.

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<v Speaker 3>O Alexis had come from Athena with the purpose of

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<v Speaker 3>helping with the family tradition to roast the lamb for

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<v Speaker 3>the Easter celebration.

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<v Speaker 1>I serio ti pros di kis itan megales.

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<v Speaker 3>He knew that the expectations were high.

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<v Speaker 1>Totele ya ya tombopu tustius kiolus tu salus melies.

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<v Speaker 3>The last thing he wanted was to disappoint his grandmother, grandfather,

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<v Speaker 3>uncles and all the other family members.

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<v Speaker 1>Tatakata ferume ipes tito tomsadel fotu and no ebsacnetropusna prosta devsitsida.

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<v Speaker 3>Will manage, he said to his cousin, while he was

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<v Speaker 3>searching for ways to protect the roasting from the storm.

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<v Speaker 1>O kosta perasi, the weather will pass the platus e

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<v Speaker 1>eleni a verfitu, titeu kitusnissihi next to them eleni titaios

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<v Speaker 1>sister host anxiously Alexi, and thence the matisi ivrhi tita caume.

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<v Speaker 3>Alexei. If the rain doesn't stop, what will we.

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<v Speaker 1>Do rotissee cathoshnieri pi anemixita maayadis.

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<v Speaker 3>She asked, as a gust of wind mixed her.

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<v Speaker 1>Hair, taftia kataiyu.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll make a shelter.

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<v Speaker 1>Apocritikio Alexis may have to pepithisi.

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<v Speaker 3>Alexis replied confidently.

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<v Speaker 1>O titeusmole ipusti rishundstone kithi o arhisana maazev umxila kipi.

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<v Speaker 3>Theirra smiled at him, supporting him, and the two began

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<v Speaker 3>gathering wooden cloths.

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<v Speaker 1>Mevoleni kataskivo kata fio yiro potopi.

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<v Speaker 3>With help from Oleni, they built a temporary shelter around

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<v Speaker 3>the fire.

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<v Speaker 1>Mus dinamne ivrohi memania kto tschierio kata figio feno minandji.

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<v Speaker 3>The wind was strengthening, the rain was falling furiously, and

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<v Speaker 3>the makeshift shelter seemed not to withstand.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh Alexis prospathus di cosna toni shisi elipijun dastimeni zundni.

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<v Speaker 3>Alexis was constantly trying to reinforce it, hoping that the

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<v Speaker 3>fire would stay alive.

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<v Speaker 1>Iko jenia paracolumnia nia.

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<v Speaker 3>The family watched with lit anxiety.

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<v Speaker 1>Is themes fanes mehavmatis.

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<v Speaker 3>The moments felt like ages, until slowly the fire did

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<v Speaker 3>its miracle to erni psiike. The lamb was roasted is ta.

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<v Speaker 1>Rones chisanathun ki kat jive boor afinondoe mato mosini.

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<v Speaker 3>The rain drops started to die and the storm subsided,

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<v Speaker 3>leaving everyone full of gratitude.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh Alexis and fort comesatu.

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<v Speaker 3>Alexis felt something different inside him.

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<v Speaker 1>I hi kataferrio jimono asos to pasha ale the metis

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<v Speaker 1>rizers do tis paradosius do.

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<v Speaker 3>He had managed not only to save Easter, but also

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<v Speaker 3>to reconnect with his roots, his traditions.

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<v Speaker 1>Only maseevti can jiro trapezi katte yi puet Alexis meta

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<v Speaker 1>herrie do.

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<v Speaker 3>Everyone gathered around the table beneath the shelter that Alexis

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<v Speaker 3>had built with his hands.

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<v Speaker 1>Ikath bukia, tokatha ye yo hiten vuksasierimone q.

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<v Speaker 3>Every bite, every laugh was a celebration of their persistence

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<v Speaker 3>and unity.

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<v Speaker 1>Kikinos ng thesi merosts in the manes kleronomiastu scavandvaterestingarda tosu.

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<v Speaker 3>And he felt as if he had now won a

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<v Speaker 3>new place, part of his interconnected heritage, digging deeper into

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<v Speaker 3>the heart of his place and his family.

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<v Speaker 2>Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.

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<v Speaker 2>Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Greek, then in English.

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<v Speaker 1>Ika the hida, ikata yida ikaate yida, the storm, dasinepha

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<v Speaker 1>da cinephada sepha, the clouds, apilitica, apilitica, apilitica, threatening, iparadosi, iparadosi, iparadosi,

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<v Speaker 1>the tradition hyprosdokia, hyprosdokia, hyprosdokia, the expectation na nav to

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<v Speaker 1>disappoint oxadelfos oxadelfos oxa delfos, the cousin neaprostatvsi nebrostavsi naprostatvsi

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<v Speaker 1>to protect aneasihi aniasihi aniasi hei anxiously to kata figio,

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<v Speaker 1>tokata figio to kata fijiu. The shelter may have to pepy,

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<v Speaker 1>may have to pets, may have to pepc confidently, Tobir Tobir, Tobir.

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<v Speaker 1>The fire nine is hiszy nine is his sy nine

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<v Speaker 1>is his sy To strengthen nan dehi, nan dehi, nan dehi.

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<v Speaker 1>To withstand nine is hiszy nine is his sy nine

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<v Speaker 1>is his sy to reinforce, toavma, to ava toma, the

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<v Speaker 1>miracle ni nipoi nyosi, to subside iev no Mossini, iev

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<v Speaker 1>no Mossini, ievre no monsigni.

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<v Speaker 3>The gratitude.

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<v Speaker 1>It is this, It is this, It is this. The

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<v Speaker 1>roots enodida, enodita, enodita, the unity, iglooma littleomia, linomnia, the

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<v Speaker 1>heritage ikarja, ikardia, ikardilla, the heart, otopush autopus, otoposh, the

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<v Speaker 1>place Afterscho, Afterscho, Afterscho, makeshift animos, animus anemos. The wind is,

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<v Speaker 1>thegna is, the gona is the rona, the rain drop

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<v Speaker 1>ep mone ep money, ep money, the persistence. The is

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<v Speaker 1>in the many, the as in the many, the as

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<v Speaker 1>in the many, interconnected. An absession, an absession, nabsision to

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<v Speaker 1>roast Namazevun, Namazevun, Namazevun.

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