Thursday, May 01, 2008

Cristos Anesti! Alithos Anesti! (Greek)

Cristo e' Risuscitatio! Veramente e' Risuscitato! (Italian) Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!

We just celebrated Pascha, Eastern Orthodox Easter, on the original calendar, occurring April 27, 2008. I was illumined on April 26, received into the Church by Chrismation, since I had been baptized previously. Indescribably wonderful!

The picture shows an icon of the Resurrection, an icon of Christ either called the Pantocreator or Christ of Sinai, with a Sha'nina in between. That's a flower holder made of palm. I made it the day before Palm Sunday, put the flowers in it, then it was blessed on Palm Sunday. I took the picture after the flowers had started to wilt a bit, but it still looks pretty good. Next year it'll look better when I know how to do it from the start.

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