The www.proskinitari.com is ready to welcome web surfers around the world. The site was meant to have a neat design and i hope it is one that is not confusing the user.
It has 3 buttons. The one is the one side of a molivdovoulo (seal made of lead). It represents the Mother of Jesus Christ Theotokos. Theotokosis a compound of two Greek words, Theos God and tokos parturition, childbirth.
The second button that is the back side of the molivdovoulo reprsents the Archangel Micheal.
The third button has an abstract scene on a vessel.
The three objects were found in Karyes of Thermi in Lesvos along with many other findings. The Saints Raphael, Nikolaos and Irene revealed their skeletons and their story. The first button links to the story of the Saints.
http://www.proskinitari.com/The_Saints.PDF
The second button links to a photopage with some documentary photos:
http://www.proskinitari.com/Photographs.html and the third very important button links to an interactive page where the user can submit a request to the Saints.
This interactive page is a guestbook that saves the requests of Christians. They are submitted periodically to the church and a priest prays for the Saints mediation. Health problems of many people have been resolved miraculously. Many cases are documented and this site hopefully will make the Saints known beyond the Greek world.
The flash rollover buttons that become dark red when pressed and the icon of the Saints that becomes silver have symbolic meaning. The dark red color symbolizes the blood of the Saints that was spilled for their faith. The silver icon represents the glittering glory of the Saints that can protect humans and stand as shield in front of any evil and assist them.
June 23, 2008 at 11:52 pm
[...] http://www.proskinitari.coma digital narrative webpage where the viewer can send a request to the Saints http://chrysanthosvoutounos.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/wwwproskinitaricom/ . The same webpage is linked through the virtual environment of Second Life and the Chapel [...]