Χριστός ανέστη!

[All4Christ]

I wish we sang this every service during the 40 days after Pascha

 

[~Anastasia~]

Thankfully we do have services during bright week, plus every Wednesday during the 6 weeks after. Some are joint pan-Orthodox services. They are some of my favorites!

Just got out of Paschal Vespers...so beautiful! Wish we had them every night this week

I am glad to hear that your parish does.

then when you get the time and means, go to a monastery.

That is an excellent idea. I will have to do that when I can.

 

[ArmyMatt]

That is an excellent idea. I will have to do that when I can.

it's worth it

 

[~Anastasia~]

it's worth it

I did go and stay several days with some folks from my parish a couple of years ago. Other than that I've made only brief visits.

But I've been thinking of going again since the day I left the one I stayed at. I think that was a little over 2 years ago?

It's about a 6-hour drive though so it takes some arranging. I should start thinking about that once school ends.

 

[ArmyMatt]

you won't regret it

 

[~Anastasia~]

you won't regret it

I should widen my circle of asking who might be going.

I met some ladies who make periodic trips down there. They live north of me, but there's only one path down. If there's space and I could arrange it, I could probably get a ride a couple of hours east to meet up with them.

Talking about it SO makes me want to go.

And I was just telling some folks a few days ago how we sold the farm and moved - never having found a Church there - then I found Orthodoxy, and THEN I discovered a monastery within a couple of miles of the farm.

But I think it was very necessary for my daughter's sake that I move. So ... as God wills. But I still find that a terrible irony.

 

[ArmyMatt]

I should widen my circle of asking who might be going.

I met some ladies who make periodic trips down there. They live north of me, but there's only one path down. If there's space and I could arrange it, I could probably get a ride a couple of hours east to meet up with them.

Talking about it SO makes me want to go.

And I was just telling some folks a few days ago how we sold the farm and moved - never having found a Church there - then I found Orthodoxy, and THEN I discovered a monastery within a couple of miles of the farm.

But I think it was very necessary for my daughter's sake that I move. So ... as God wills. But I still find that a terrible irony.

I can say, however you can make it work, having a monastery that you can regularly visit (even if just once a year) does wonders.

 

[Andrei D]

Some of my fondest memories ... my mom sent me for about a year in 1986-7 to live at a monastery. Other kids lived there too. It was the year of the Chernobyl disaster and I don't recall how/why but people were sending kids to these really secluded monasteries thinking we'd be protected there. For a little kid, it was unbelievable. Being surrounded by the faith which was more or less if not really secret anyway quite suppressed back home was overwhelming and a joy. We got to collect / pick / gather / fish what we ate. We got to pull the bells and beat the... I really don't know the word in English that long wooden plank you beat on rhythmically, prepare censers, learn real history, real philosophy, even a little astronomy and biology along with faith elements. The head monk was a former university professor who had been persecuted drearily. We would even sneak into the ossuary (!) sometimes. I was fascinated by the night services. That time, turns out, left very deep core formative elements in who I am.

 

[Andrei D]

Christ is risen!

And tomorrow there is a feast that is especially close to my heart, so I pray that all of us receive healing for all bodily and spiritual ailments. Jesus, the One resurrected from the dead, also resurrect our souls.

 

[All4Christ]

Indeed He is risen!!! Christ is risen!!!

 

[Greek73]

Since we get in early this side of the pond, Christ is risen!
A blessed resurrection to all the wonderful members of TAW (and our beloved visitors).

Αληθώς Ο Κύριος