Την χειμερινή περίοδο, είναι η περίοδος των Χριστουγέννων. Ετοιμαζόμαστε για γιορτή. Κάθε χρόνο, για περισσότερα από 2000 χρόνια, γιορτάζουμε το Παιδί που γεννήθηκε στη Βηθλεέμ σε ένα λιτό φυσικό μέρος, αλλά με μεγάλο πνευματικό φορτίο. Είναι η στιγμή του Αγίου Παιδιού!

       Όταν γιορτάζουμε κάποιον, του στέλνουμε ένα συμβολικό δώρο. Και φέτος, συμβολικά θα στείλουμε μια ευχετήρια κάρτα στον Ιησού Χριστό, διαδικτυακά ή μέσω ταχυδρομείου, μέσω κάθε μαθητή και καθηγητή που συμμετέχει στη δραστηριότητα «Cyber Christmas cards». Με κάθε κάρτα που φτιάχνεται για κάθε μαθητή από τα συνεργαζόμενα σχολεία, στοχεύουμε να φέρουμε χαρά στο άτομο που θα λάβει την κάρτα, να φέρουμε ένα χαμόγελο στα χείλη, μια σταγόνα ευτυχίας, ικανοποίησης και αρμονίας.

        Κάθε χριστουγεννιάτικη κάρτα που φτιάχνουν οι μαθητές από τις δύο χώρες-εταίρους, την Ελλάδα και τη Ρουμανία, έχει μια συναισθηματική αξία και έναν αλτρουιστικό σκοπό: έχει να κάνει με τον «άλλο», όχι μόνο με το δικό μου πρόσωπο. Μοιράζομαι με ένα άλλο άτομο τις σκέψεις, τα συναισθήματα και τις προθέσεις με τις οποίες δίνω στο άλλο άτομο την κάρτα. Όταν μιλάω με κάποιον, προφορικά ή γραπτά, ξέρω ότι δεν είναι για μένα, είναι για το άλλο άτομο. Το άλλο είναι εξίσου σημαντικό με εμένα!

      Καλά Χριστούγεννα! 

     Ευτυχισμένο το νέο έτος!

Argument

         În anotimpul iarna, e vremea Crăciunului. Ne pregătim de Sărbători. An de an, de 2000 de ani încoace îl sărbătorim pe Copilul care s-a născut la Betleem într-un loc modest fizic, dar cu mare încărcătură spirituală. E momentul Copilului Sfânt! 

       Când sărbătorim pe cineva, îi trimitem în dar o felicitare. Și în acest an, în mod simbolic îi trimitem lui Iisus Hristos câte o felicitare de ziua Sa, online sau prin poștă, prin intermediul fiecărui elev și profesor care participă la activitatea „Cyber Christmas cards”. Prin fiecare felicitare confecționată pentru elevii din școlile partenere, urmărim să aducem bucurie persoanei care va primi felicitarea, să-i aducem zâmbetul pe buze, un pic de fericire, mulțumire și armonie. 

Ficare felicitare realizată de elevii din cele două țări partenere, Grecia și România, are o valoare sentimentală și un scop altruist: are legătură cu „celălalt”, nu are legătură doar cu propria mea persoană. Împărtășesc cu altă persoană gândurile, sentimentele și intenția cu care îi dau felicitarea. Atunci când mă adresez cuiva, verbal sau în scris, știu că nu despre mine e discuția, ci despre celălalt. Celălalt e la fel de important ca mine!  

              Crăciun Fericit! An Nou Fericit!

          In the winter season, it's Christmas time. We are preparing for celebrate. Every year, for more than 2000 years, we are celebrating the Child who was born in Bethlehem in a modest physical place, but with a great spiritual load. It's the Holy Child's moment!

       When we are celebrating someone, we send them a symbolic gift. This year too, we symbolically we will sending a greeting card to Jesus Christ, online or through the mail, through each student and teacher who are participating in the „Cyber Christmas cards” activity. With each card made for the every students from the partner schools, we aim to bring joy to the person who will receive the card, to bring a smile on their face, a drop with happiness, contentment and harmony.

    Each Christmas card made by the students from the two partner countries, Greece and România, has a sentimental value and an altruistic purpose: it has to do with the „other”, not it has to do just with my own person. I share with another person the thoughts, feelings and intention with which I give to the other person the card. When I talk with someone, verbally or in writing, I know it's not about me, it's about the other person. The other is as important as me, too! 

           Happy Christmas! Happy New Year!

     Christmas is one of the great Christian feast of Romanians. The territory on which România is located today,  belongs to the Thracian-Geto-Dacian ancestors.       The etymology of the word „Crăciun" is found throughout the Balkans: serbs, bulgarians, but for albanians, the myth of Christmas is similar to that of romanians. Cultural diffusion is the main factor.

    The name of the feast „Crăciun" has been preserved since ancient times, pre-Christian, and is related to the winter solstice. The Sacred Snag (Tree Branch) was lit to stimulate the weakened Sun in the cold season.

      The Christmas Eve evening opened the 12-day Winter Holidays and ended on the eve of the Epiphany.

   Today, Christmas is associated with the Nativity of Jesus Christ and is celebrated every year on December 25th. It lasts three days. It is a celebration of Joy, of the birth of the Holy Child in the city of Bethlehem. Christmas has to do with the Family and is celebrated with the family. 

    In romanian, the name of Jesus Christ is pronounced similarly as in Greek: „Ιησού Χριστό”, Iisus Hristos.