Stahlke Adoption

Easter Vigil

This Sunday, April 27, is Orthodox Easter. After a meal of Ukrainian food at our home Saturday evening, we will drive to the Ukrainian Orthodox church where the children attend school each Saturday. At 11:30 pm, a procession led by the priest will circle the church, and close to midnight, the Easter Vigil will begin. At the close of the service three or four hours later, we will once again line up outside the church for the priest to bless our basket of Easter foods. I guess we'll have to save some food from our meal the evening before, since we are changing custom by not eating our meal at 4:00 am like the rest of the congregation.

Our pastor's son, one of Paul's good friends, will join us for the service. Over breakfast this morning, one of the kids asked why Neal would want to attend a long, long service in a language he doesn't understand. Sarah immediately answered, "He wants to see how Ukrainians do church!"

posted by Stahlkes @ 4:14 PM