But Mr Dimou resigned from a newly founded political movement after his words earned him a rebuke.Meanwhile, in other places where the Jerusalem flame cannot easily be air-lifted, there were equally impressive celebrations as candle light cascaded through darkened churches and exhausted but eager choirs sang hymns like "Shine, shine, O New Jerusalem, the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you".
With the natural light cascading down, the first impression is California mellow.
Laid over and woven through these scenes are all kinds of abstract and semi-abstract elements -- blobs, drips, zigzagging bands, auras of light, cascading diamond and bubble patterns -- that create a hallucinogenic effect, as though we were seeing through the eyes of someone either enjoying a psychedelic trip or experiencing a psychotic meltdown.
There's Minnesota's monument to capitalism, the four-million-square-foot Mall of America, where even on subzero winter days the indoor temperature skirts 70 from combined body heat, light fixtures and sunlight cascading through ceiling windows.
"The 85-year-old professor emeritus conceived and shepherded a set of observatories that allowed scientists to prove Einstein's assertion about gravitational waves: accelerating objects send ripples cascading through the universe at light speed," the Globe wrote on December 13.
The recently disclosed documents detailing the Fed's loan to Lehman's subsidiary cast some light on a failed effort to prevent Lehman's implosion from cascading through the financial system.
Life was the sunlight cascading through kumquat and pomegranate leaves.
Not quite the original boast of democracy cascading through the Middle East.
Downstairs, with water cascading through the floor boards, Tommy and Trader John were drinking draft beer.
Luckily, it's not like lava is cascading through town like some powerful molten tsunami.
You're waiting excitedly for the viral buzz to begin cascading through the interwebs.
