Anastenarissa

plural Anastenarissas

1. A woman who takes part in the Anastenaria.

   These kerchiefs symbolized the bond uniting husband and wife, as in the context of the Anastenaria they symbolize the bond between Saint Constantine and the possessed Anastenarissa.

   2016, Peter Loizos, Evthmios Papataxiarchis, Contested Identities: Gender and Kinship in Modern Greece, →ISBN, page 109

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   Therefore, an old Anastenarissa may greet a young Anastenaride, not necessarily because he is a new member, but because he has inherited the position from his deceased grandmother who was an Anastenarissa.

   2014, Evy Johanne Håland, Rituals of Death and Dying in Modern and Ancient Greece, →ISBN

   When she began to dance at the konaki, these people said that she was a real Anastenarissa because she had “become one blood” (eyine ena ema) with her husband when she married him and gave birth to his children.

   2016, Loring M. Danforth, Firewalking and Religious Healing, →ISBN