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(27 Aug 2026)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ilion, Greece - 26 August 2026
1. Aerial of faithful gathering outside church of St. Fanourios ++MUTE++
2. Faithful arriving carrying cakes
3. Priest scoring crosses on cakes
4. Wide of priest reading prayers as faithful wait with cakes
5. Wide of church bell tower UPSOUND bells ringing
6. Wide of faithful waiting for cakes
7. Pan of cakes on table
8. Wide of faithful taking cakes after blessing
9. Close of cake being cut
10. Mid of woman cutting and giving out cake
11. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Anna Maglara, worshipper:
“I think St. Fanourios is hope; hope for every person who wants something to be revealed, whatever that may be. Faith is hope, and St. Fanourios - you can see how many people there are. People need to believe in something, to accept help. That is St. Fanourios.”
12. Aerial of faithful gathering with cakes outside church ++MUTE++
13. Close of mosaic of St. Fanourios over church entrance
14. Close of flour being poured into sieve, icon of saint and candle in background
15. Maria Chanioti sifting flour and mixing ingredients in bowl
16. Close of Chanioti orange being juiced
17. Various of Chanioti adding ingredients to bowl
18. Close of Chanioti
19. Wide of Chanioti mixing ingredients
20. Close of spices
21. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Maria Chanioti, worshipper:
“It is giving thanks to the saint for everything he has given me up to this day, whether good or bad. But more than that, he reveals things to you, and so it is not just that. It is his presence in your life.”
22. Various of Chanioti pouring batter into glass dish
23. Chanioti putting dish into over and making sign of the cross
24. Close of St. Fanourios icon
25. Chanioti taking cake out of oven
26. Chanioti entering church with cake
27. Chanioti approaching Father Nikolaos Vlavianos for cake blessing
28. Close of Chanioti making sign of cross
29. Wide of Chanioti and Nikolaos during blessing
30. Close of St. Fanourios icon
31. Chanioti and Nikolaos
32. Nikolaos scoring cross onto cake
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ilion, Greece - 25 August 2026
33. Close of St. Fanourios icon and offerings
34. Wide of church
35. Close of cross and candle detail on icon of St. Fanourios
36. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Father Nikolaos Vlavianos, priest:
“Perhaps it is because of the name, as Saint Fanourios, who reveals many things - and not only things - to people. There are many things that people ask for. We could mention health issues, lost objects, missing people, personal relationships, professional situations. Everyone has something to request of the saint.”
37. Tilt down of icon of St. Fanourios which is a replica of the icon discovered in Rhodes more than 500 years ago, which depicts the saint's suffering as a Christian martyr
38. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Father Nikolaos Vlavianos, priest:
“Many times, it is in the simple, everyday things that the grace of God becomes apparent, which we may consider to be a coincidence and not pay much attention to it. But that is where we see the blessings, we experience them. And if we don’t interpret them as luck, as 'ok, I would have found it,' we see that the saints even with these seemingly small things, they assist us.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ilion, Greece - 26 August 2026
39. Pan from priest blessing cakes to crowd of faithful
40. Close of cakes
41. Wide of priest and faithful before pan to priest scoring cross on cakes
42. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Vaggelis Fragkoulis, worshippers:
"Love for St. Fanourios, because he gave us health.”
Vaggelis Fragkoulis (Greek): “I had cancer and didn’t know it, and I became well here.”
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(27 Aug 2026)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ilion, Greece - 26 August 2026
1. Aerial of faithful gathering outside church of St. Fanourios ++MUTE++
2. Faithful arriving carrying cakes
3. Priest scoring crosses on cakes
4. Wide of priest reading prayers as faithful wait with cakes
5. Wide of church bell tower UPSOUND bells ringing
6. Wide of faithful waiting for cakes
7. Pan of cakes on table
8. Wide of faithful taking cakes after blessing
9. Close of cake being cut
10. Mid of woman cutting and giving out cake
11. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Anna Maglara, worshipper:
“I think St. Fanourios is hope; hope for every person who wants something to be revealed, whatever that may be. Faith is hope, and St. Fanourios - you can see how many people there are. People need to believe in something, to accept help. That is St. Fanourios.”
12. Aerial of faithful gathering with cakes outside church ++MUTE++
13. Close of mosaic of St. Fanourios over church entrance
14. Close of flour being poured into sieve, icon of saint and candle in background
15. Maria Chanioti sifting flour and mixing ingredients in bowl
16. Close of Chanioti orange being juiced
17. Various of Chanioti adding ingredients to bowl
18. Close of Chanioti
19. Wide of Chanioti mixing ingredients
20. Close of spices
21. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Maria Chanioti, worshipper:
“It is giving thanks to the saint for everything he has given me up to this day, whether good or bad. But more than that, he reveals things to you, and so it is not just that. It is his presence in your life.”
22. Various of Chanioti pouring batter into glass dish
23. Chanioti putting dish into over and making sign of the cross
24. Close of St. Fanourios icon
25. Chanioti taking cake out of oven
26. Chanioti entering church with cake
27. Chanioti approaching Father Nikolaos Vlavianos for cake blessing
28. Close of Chanioti making sign of cross
29. Wide of Chanioti and Nikolaos during blessing
30. Close of St. Fanourios icon
31. Chanioti and Nikolaos
32. Nikolaos scoring cross onto cake
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ilion, Greece - 25 August 2026
33. Close of St. Fanourios icon and offerings
34. Wide of church
35. Close of cross and candle detail on icon of St. Fanourios
36. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Father Nikolaos Vlavianos, priest:
“Perhaps it is because of the name, as Saint Fanourios, who reveals many things - and not only things - to people. There are many things that people ask for. We could mention health issues, lost objects, missing people, personal relationships, professional situations. Everyone has something to request of the saint.”
37. Tilt down of icon of St. Fanourios which is a replica of the icon discovered in Rhodes more than 500 years ago, which depicts the saint's suffering as a Christian martyr
38. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Father Nikolaos Vlavianos, priest:
“Many times, it is in the simple, everyday things that the grace of God becomes apparent, which we may consider to be a coincidence and not pay much attention to it. But that is where we see the blessings, we experience them. And if we don’t interpret them as luck, as 'ok, I would have found it,' we see that the saints even with these seemingly small things, they assist us.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ilion, Greece - 26 August 2026
39. Pan from priest blessing cakes to crowd of faithful
40. Close of cakes
41. Wide of priest and faithful before pan to priest scoring cross on cakes
42. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Vaggelis Fragkoulis, worshippers:
"Love for St. Fanourios, because he gave us health.”
Vaggelis Fragkoulis (Greek): “I had cancer and didn’t know it, and I became well here.”
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