Pascha Whopper

I was finally able to attend Orthodox Pascha this year. Some friends invited us to go to Regina and take part in the vigil. It’s a 2 and 1/2 hour drive one way from our place so it was a little crazy coming home at 3AM and then getting up 3 hours later to do 3 Easter services. heheheheh… glutton for punishment I guess! I also practiced the Orthodox Fasting rule this year which was very neat. We stayed for nearly the whole pascha service, leaving shortly before the people started receive the Eucharist. Fortunately, there was a Burger King right down the street from the Cathedral so I could break the fast with extra bacon.

I loved the Pascha service. It started in the darkness with readings and prayers and then the really cool processional around the church building, after which, the lights were all on inside the church for the remainder of the service. What my wife and I both couldn’t get over was how many different people from all over the world were at the service, so many different languages to proclaim “Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!”  It was like the verse from Revelation with all the tribes and peoples and languages! Very awesome! We loved the liturgy and hearing St. Chrysostom’s pascha sermon was incredible! We had a very wonderful time and were thankful for the experience.

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