Ellinais spokeswoman, Doretta Peppa told reporters that her Pagan group will hold a prayer protest on Sunday at the Parthenon. The prayer being done will be in worship to the Goddess Athena and to also protest the Christian destruction of the Acropolis grounds 1,500 years ago.

The group also, intends to ask Athena for help with the protection of Athen’s and the temple that use to belong to her that is known worldwide as the Parthenon. In the 5th century A.D the Parthenon was converted to a Christian church.

Ellinais has held several public ritual prayers at ancient Pagan landmarks, despite Italy’s Cultural Ministry banning the Pagan expressions.

“I don’t know how many of us will be there.” Peppa said, “People are afraid. The fact is that we are subject to religious persecution.”

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Pagan tradition is still celebrated in Killorglin, County Kerry Ireland during Puck Fair. Officially, since 1610 there has been a goat-fawning festival where the best goat is crowned King Puck and paraded through the streets.
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Earth Day started back on April 22nd 1970. Gaylord Nelson, a Democratic Senator from the state of Wisconsin created Earth Day as a way to show people holding political offices that the general population was concerned about the environment as a whole. That first year it was proposed more than twenty million American’s came together to participate in what was at the time a grass roots effort for environmental awareness.

The prior passing of the National Environmental Policy Act being signed into law on January 1st 1970 paved the way for Earth Day to show support and encouragement to our law makers that the general population was paying attention to environmental issues. Since 1970 the some of the following laws have been created from this grass roots effort: Clean Air Act, Water Quality Improvement Act, Resource and Recovery Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act, Endangered Species Act and many others.

To see a list of environmental policies that have been enacted since 1970 click here.

Want to find out about the air quality in your area? Visit AIRNow an interactive site that will show you the air quality of where you are now.

To find Earth Day events and celebrations in your area click here.

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