Easter in Moscow

On April 7-8, Jaap, Lucie and I attended the first hour-and-a-half of the Easter service at the local Orthodox church. We were there from 11 p.m. until 12:30 a.m., long enough to make several laps around the church with the rest of the congregation as well as participate in the first rounds of the priest saying “Christ is Risen” and the congregational responds “He has risen, indeed.”

Sunday morning Jaap and I made Easter eggs. Here is a photo of our Easter breakfast. It includes the do-it-yourself Ukrainian eggs (they are encased in plastic shrink-wrap sleeves you slide the egg into and then drop into boiling water), painted eggs (which were not only fun, but really messy too), and a loaf of Paska (the bread named after the holiday - "Paska" is the world for Easter in Russian).

Dave