Happy Easter

[Larry1]

Happy Easter to all the Christians on the forum.

You probably don't celebrate the holiday like these folks do:

http://www.russianwomendiscussion.com/index.php?topic=17561.0

But however you celebrate the holiday I hope you have an enjoyable day. 

[calmissile]

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL THE FORUM MEMBERS.

[tfcrew]

This holiday shared by east and west this year.

[ML]

Христос воскрес!

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[Gator]

Христос воскрес!

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I was told what to say as we banged our boiled eggs together.  I quickly forgot.  We then ate pasha (Easter cake) decorated with small jelly beans and miniature candy coated chocolate eggs.   

I thought my ex-wife, a Catholic, had demonstrative rituals for Easter.  The Orthodox wife takes it to a new level. 

Saturday was spent cleaning the whole house.  Wifey made three pasha cakes and I went to a specialty store to find appropriate candy to decorate the cake.   She also boiled white eggs in onion skin, and it gave them the shells a color similar to brown eggs.   So why not buy brown eggs?!  Answer:  She is a traditionalist and this is the way her mama did it. 


Saturday evening wifey and her daughter went to Easter service at a Russian orthodox church.  The service started at midnight and lasted 4-5 hours!!!!!!!   Wifey feels that her soul and spirit have been revitalized.   

Her mother and father are very close.   Her father being a good patriot of the Soviet government is an atheist, and her mother a devout worshiper.  They have two daughters.  My wife's older sister is also an atheist, yet the young sister who worked internationally is religious. 

Later today wifey walked slowly around each room of our home with a burning candle.  The candle blessed the house and made it Godly clean. 

What's next?

[siberia]

Христос воскрес!

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Voistinu Voskres!!  воистину воскрес !!

[BillyB]

banged our boiled eggs together.  We then ate pasha (Easter cake)

Did that today with wife

Saturday was spent cleaning the whole house.

Wifey did that.

Saturday evening wifey and her daughter went to Easter service at a Russian orthodox church.  The service started at midnight and lasted 4-5 hours!!!!!!! 

My wife is Catholic and Saturday's mass lasted only 2 and a half hours. Earlier in the day we went to church for the blessing of the food. Wife had Easter basket with food and our eggs to get blessed Saturday so we could eat Sunday morning.