Today we celebrated Easter, as it's observed according to the Orthodox calendar here in Russia. We had a nice church service, with a time to eat lunch together afterwards. I really like how people say "Jesus is risen!" and the answer is "He is risen, indeed"... even from people on the street. After church, Leif, Anneka, and I had a lovely afternoon and evening. We all took a nap, snuggled together and then we sang praise songs about all that Jesus has done for us, hid eggs around the house to find, and read verses about Christ's death and resurrection. It was a good day.
At our little store, they had little cakes that have "XB" written on them (Christos Voscres- Jesus is Risen), and you see this sort of thing all over.
Anneka slept through our lunchtime. We brought dyed eggs and fruit to contribute to the feast.
As we got ready to leave church today, we found little Vanya (who is smaller than Anneka), lying on the bed like this. All you could see was the tip of his nose! I'm sure he was suffering from a major case of heat stroke. Anneka thought he was really funny and kept poking at his lethargic body.
6 comments:
Jesus is risen...He has risen indeed! Happy Easter!
Thanks for sharing about your Easter and showing us
the pictures! The picture of the two babies is SO
FUNNY!
That is so interesting that the culture there is not Christian, but they will celebrate Easter and talk about Jesus being risen!
Anneka looks so cute poking her little "stuffed" friend! :)
Happy Easter...the Lord IS risen indeed!!!
I had to laugh out loud when I saw little Vanya all bundled up! Anneka looked a happy, comfortable temperature. Erin
Oh my word!!! That picture of Anneka and Danya is such a great depiction of the differences in American and Russian parenting techniques!!! Ha ha ha!
When I first saw the picture, I thought she was just lying next to her won snow jumper. I didn't realize there was already a baby in there! :o) Funny indeed!
I am glad you guys had a wonderful Easter. My nieces went to church with me, and then we went to breakfast together, the three of us girls.
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