{"id":8735,"date":"2025-12-19T14:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zencenterathens.com\/?p=8735"},"modified":"2025-12-19T18:06:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:06:50","slug":"christmas-gathering-kirtan-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zencenterathens.com\/en\/christmas-gathering-kirtan-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRISTMAS GATHERING &#038; KIRTAN EVENING 20.12.2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t    \n\t<section id=\"zen-custom-block_6941a0b6c3e02\" class=\"zen-full-image-block\">\n\t\t            <div class=\"custom-main-image\"><img width=\"1400\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zencenterathens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/winter-5253380_1280-modified-1400x900.jpg\" class=\"attachment-maxWidth1400maxHeight900 size-maxWidth1400maxHeight900 wpsmartcrop-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" data-smartcrop-focus=\"[50,50]\" \/><\/div>\n        \t<\/section>    \n\n\n\t\t    \n\t<section id=\"zen-custom-block_6941a0ecc3e04\" class=\"zen-small-text-block\">\n                    <div class=\"custom-text\"><p data-end=\"198\" data-start=\"152\">In the spirit of the season, we invite you to our\u00a0<strong data-end=\"1222\" data-start=\"1178\">Christmas gathering at Zen Center Athens<\/strong>, an evening moving between stillness and joy, mindfulness and ease, connection and gentle celebration.<\/p>\n<p>This year \u2019s program will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-end=\"532\" data-start=\"458\"><strong>Zazen<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-end=\"594\" data-start=\"535\"><strong data-end=\"545\" data-start=\"535\">Kirtan<\/strong>, with mantras and heartfelt collective singing<\/li>\n<li data-end=\"807\" data-start=\"597\"><strong data-end=\"623\" data-start=\"597\">Symbolic gift exchange<\/strong>: In the spirit of giving, please bring an item of your own that you no longer use, something that can find a new life in someone else \u2019s home \u2014 a gift with a story, not a purchase.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-end=\"807\" data-start=\"597\">Date:\u00a0<strong>Saturday 20 December, 2025\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nTime:\u00a0<strong>18:00 &#8211; 20:00\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong data-end=\"1634\" data-start=\"1618\">Please note:<\/strong><\/em><br data-end=\"1637\" data-start=\"1634\" \/>For the evening of the gathering,\u00a0<strong data-end=\"1730\" data-start=\"1671\">the entrance from Granikou Street 9 (pedestrian street)<\/strong>\u00a0will be open\u00a0<strong data-end=\"1767\" data-start=\"1744\">from 17:40 to 17:55<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1100\" data-start=\"992\">Participation is based on\u00a0<strong data-end=\"1039\" data-start=\"1018\">free contribution<\/strong>, offering whatever amount feels comfortable for each person.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1249\" data-start=\"1102\">For organizational purposes, feel free to let us know if you plan to attend or if you have any questions via Facebook or at<a href=\"mailto:info@zencenterathens.gr\">\u00a0info@zencenterathens.gr<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1249\" data-start=\"1102\">\n<\/div>\n        \t<\/section>\n    \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zencenterathens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zencenterathens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zencenterathens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zencenterathens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zencenterathens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8735"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.zencenterathens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8747,"href":"https:\/\/www.zencenterathens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8735\/revisions\/8747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zencenterathens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zencenterathens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zencenterathens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zencenterathens.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}