You and Lukas walk through the streets, your shoes stomping against the stone as you walk downhill. The church bells ring as you walk through the neighborhood down to your house. Your stomach rumbles, having forgotten to eat breakfast this morning.

Lukas walks next to you, carrying his books in his arms and his backpack holding all of his school work. Your school lets out a little after noon; you hope mama made lunch today because you’re starving.

You step through the town, looking at all the shops and houses as you pass by. You look at the church, watching as the people in your town enter. Your family is one of the very few families in the entire country that still practices hellenismos, and only recently has it become actually legal again. Most of Greece is orthodox christian now.