Christ is risen!
Just a few pics from Holy Week. The services, and hymns, and smells are all so beautiful - it seems impossible to capture. Yet looking at the few photos I snagged last week warms my heart.
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| Before the Taking Down from the Cross at Vespers, the tomb decorated. This brief services was one of my favorites. I loved seeing them wrap Christ in linen and carry the epitaphios to the tomb we helped to decorate. |
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| The girls love to collect rose petals and bay leaves on Holy Saturday. Such joy! |
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| We usually spend some of the hours of Saturday afternoon shopping and filling our Pascha basket: cheese, sausage, red eggs, lamb, butter, wine, chocolate eggs and bunnies. Next year, God willing, if we're not in a hotel, I'll be able to fill my basket with foods I actually bake myself. :) |
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| And Paschal Matins! The solea covered in beautiful baskets, the clergy taking turns censing the church, proclaiming "Christ is risen!" in many languages. |
Indeed he is risen!
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