Understanding Name Day Celebrations in Greece

Name Day Celebration
Most Greeks owe their names to a religious saint. A very important Greek tradition that takes place throughout Greece is that everyone who has a name derived from a saint celebrated by the church celebrates their name on a specific day of the year. On the “name day” of someone, their friends and family visit them without invitation and offer their wishes (such as "long life to you, live many years, etc.") as well as small presents. The hostess of the house offers pastries, sweets, and hors d’oeuvres to the guests.
In Greece, name days are more important than birthdays.

3. Once, I was waiting for a friend at the door of a few offices, and in front of me was a garage. I saw a boy waiting to leave a car, and I was looking because it was a quite luxurious building. I thought that fate lived there because it is beautiful.

1. Hi Cristina, I am writing to say hello from Barcelona, Spain. I also wanted to let you know that I think your cousin will study in the eleventh grade at the School of Labor. Your cousin is a girl with blue eyes and blond hair, is a bit tall, and is very friendly. She will parachute to you as outgoing; she must be family. You will do research work together. Well, if you can answer me and do well there, then we are on summer vacation.

2. I planned to take a trip to Russia with a colleague. He planned to see his girlfriend (who is Russian, of course) and depends on how to look for some gigs here and there because we know how the future is. I was going to meet friends of his girlfriend (and went with references). The flight was purchased in February, and as good "lonchafinistas," we had secured the minimum price: 180 euros return, Barcelona -> Vienna -> St. Petersburg. The tourist visa issued by the Russian consulate in Barcelona cost about 60 euros plus a letter of invitation for about 25 euros. In total, it did not reach 300 euros, which seemed fine. Well, we took the plane at 6:55 am in Barcelona, and as we arrived in Vienna, we had to go through two controls before catching the flight to Russia. In the second control, the Austrian Polizei opened my passport with little affection, but the matter is that the next time I opened my passport, it was likely to be stripped, leaving it invalid.

Overall, I faced the following situation at the boarding gate:

I cannot catch the flight to St. Petersburg because my passport is invalid.
I cannot go to Barcelona without paying for a "rebooking" of my return flight.
I had 15 euros in my pocket and no roaming mobile (thinking of buying a SIM as I arrived in Russia).
My room, of course, was lost.

From the embassy (where I spoke to a very helpful guy, which I was grateful for, especially because it was Saturday), I was told that yes, they could issue a temporary passport, but a visa for Russia was not worth the storm, nor could the biometric passport be issued until three days later. Overall, due to a faulty passport, I faced significant challenges.