Posted by
Thomas More on Monday, April 09, 2007 10:13:00 AM
It is on the tip of my tongue - but must wait there for another day. “Christ is Risen!” we greet one another for the fifty days of the Paschal (Easter) season. One responds, “He is Risen Indeed!”
For Orthodox Christians, Lent ended on Friday, March 30. (However, the fasting continues and intensifies for Holy Week.) Saturday the 31st was ‘Lazarus Saturday’ when Lazarus was raised from the dead. Sunday we shared Palm Sunday with the West, calling it ‘Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem’. The Easter baskets will soon be prepared in order to be blessed. All the special treats we haven’t eaten all Lent will be there; for the Russians it is kulich - for converts it may be Krispy Kreme donuts. The Paschal Liturgy begins at 11:30pm tonight in a dark church, in the tomb - and our six year old gets to stay up almost all night!
Read on HERE.
Beth