#gerasimos

[thesynaxarium]

Today we celebrate our Venerable Father among the Saints, Gerasimus of Cephalonia. Saint Gerasimus grew up a pious young man and travelled to Mount Argos to become a monk. He then visited the Holy Lands, where he became an attendant at the Holy Sepulchre. Here, he was ordained a deacon and priest by Patriarch Germanus of Jerusalem. For forty days, Saint Gerasimus struggled in the desert beyond the Jordan, just like his namesake Saint, and then requested a blessing to live a life of solitude on the island of Zakynthos. Having spent much time in prayer and fasting, Saint Gerasimus felt a calling to travel to the nearby island of Cephalonia where he lived in a cave. He built a women's monastery where he lived in asceticism for thirty years. Here, he achieved the heights of spirituality, being granted the gifts of wonderworking and healing. At the age of 71, the venerable one reposed in the Lord on August 15th. Because this is the feast of the Dormition, his celebration was moved to August 16th, but is more commonly celebrated on October 20th on the uncovering of his holy relics which were found incorrupt. May the Venerable Gerasimus intercede for us always + #saint #gerasimus #gerasimos #cephalonia #corfu #greece #zakynthos #zante #mountathos #ascetic #monk #deacon #priest #holysepulchre #holylands #jordan #jordanriver #palestine #orthodox #saintoftheday (at Kefalonia, Greece) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj5697DL6Q3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[my-russia]

Rainy August, 1989, Andrey Gerasimov

[lillyli-74]

Horseman by Gerasimos Kolokas

[terminusantequem]

Gerasimos Floratos (American, b. 1986), Untitled, 2022. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 121.9 × 121.9 cm

[sandmandaddy69]

Gerasimos Kolokas

[sesiondemadrugada]

Gerasimos Platanas.

[sugaroto]

Round one

Andreas Kalogirou a villain from Πάρα Πέντε/ At the nick of time, is an assassin, also known as "the man in black" who is after the main cast

Gerasimos Skiadaresis is an actor, mostly know for his role as "Fatseas" at "Το καφέ της χαράς"/Charas's Cafe

*Fatseas, the character is also competing as sexyman, so if you're voting from him here vote for Gerasimos and not Fatseas

[monogreek]

Composition (1967) by Gerasimos Sklavos (1927-1967)

[dadsinsuits]

Gerasimos Avlonitis

[moradadabeleza]

Gerasimos Platanas

Double Portrait with Valerie Kabis (2015)

[gerasimosmavris]

[mariaangels]

Gerasimos Platanas

[thebowerypresents]

Palm Provide Sonic Snack at Hometown Show

Palm – Music Hall of Williamsburg – November 30, 2022

I have waited long and patiently for the return of Palm, the abstract art-rock foursome whose debut full-length, Trading Basics, oh so quietly blew my mind in 2015. Thank the good and many gods that the band has returned — not only to recording music, with this year’s Nicks and Grazes, but also to playing live. On Wednesday night at Music Hall of Williamsburg, Palm put on a stunning and intoxicating show so delectable that you could nearly see the crowd salivating.

Vocalists Eve Alpert and Kasra Kurt, bassist Gerasimos Livitsanos and drummer Hugo Stanley hadn’t put out a studio album since 2018’s aptly named Rock Island, a balancing act of jagged and oppositional time changes, loops and dreamy psych-like vocals that have been stretched and pulled like taffy. The band drew quite a bit from that album on Wednesday, playing “Composite” early on to whoops and shouts from the crowd. Kurt’s vocals — not to mention his lyrics — are deeply reminiscent of droned-out Beach Boys: “God only sees it from both sides / Take a chance to clean His foggy eyes.”

On “Composite,” as on “Dog Milk,” as on “Heavy Lifting,” as on … well, a great much of what Palm played last night, the music warps and twists midway through, like a real-time record scratch, which is simply tantalizing when performed live. The foursome’s jammy outro on “Heavy Lifting” (Rock Island) was exhilarating, as was the build on “Feathers,” off Nicks, which started slow, soft and doomy and worked up to a percussive, near-danceable tune: “Make it up,” Alpert sang, “like a performer.”

Despite their adventurousness, Palm have managed to carve out a truly distinct sound, often punctuated by steel drum. That’s carried over into Nicks, on songs like “On the Sly,” which smacks of Animal Collective and Deerhoof. The live effect was one of buoyancy, keeping the room’s energy lifted all evening. But Livitsanos’s bass kept the floor in sight. Stanley’s drums are just a feat to behold, like a mathematical proof that has somehow been through the looking glass of a Pollock painting. The band encored with “Ankles,” the hit off Trading Basics, an angular, math-y classic of their genre that rippled across the room. Palm playing live is such a special sonic snack. Leave your expectations of form at home, though, and open your brain portals to some seriously excellent music. —Rachel Brody | @RachelCBrody

[egoschwank]

al things considered — when i post my masterpiece #1259

first posted in facebook january 24, 2024

gerasimos floratos -- "compass" [though "compass" MIGHT just be the title of the exhibition this (untitled?) painting was in] (2023)

"making mistakes is closer to innovation than repetition. it’s quick, economic" … gerasimos floratos

"the compass was old and rusted but it still worked, connecting the earth and stars. it told me where i was standing and which way was west but not where i was going and nothing of my worth" … patti smith

"i don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass. maybe listening to my music is not the best idea if you live a very constricted life. or maybe it is" … lou reed

"i’m free, i think. i shut my eyes and think hard and deep about how free i am, but i can’t really understand what it means. all i know is i'm totally alone. all alone in an unfamiliar place, like some solitary explorer who’s lost his compass and his map. is this what it means to be free?" … haruki murakami

"maybe reading my posts is not the best idea of what to do with your time … but at least they come with no cost" … al janik

[terminusantequem]

Gerasimos Floratos (American, b. 1986), Untitled, 2022. Oil and acrylic on canvas

[sandmandaddy69]

Gerasimos Kolokas