Festival of Artemis

Today is the Festival of Artemis!

This festival is wonderfully described in the 4th edition of the ECE:

"It is thus on Her ancient festival that we celebrate Dea as helper and protectress of Her devotees on earth . . . Our Lady Artemis is the Daughter as Protectress and Guide of all Her worshippers and of those who are seeking Her in the dark . . . She Who ‘calls us out’ (ek-kaleo hence ‘Ekklesia’) from attachment to the material realms into Her family. ...For Artemis is ever active in the search for Her lost children."

Until this year, I had never heard of this festival, but I really like the meaning of it. There really isn't much information on the holiday except for what is presented in the ECE entry on it, which is itself a compilation of entries from an old magazine known as the Coming Age. It seems the primary activity of the day is the prayerful hope for the expansion of our faith.