So.. there was a request from Mrs. Taylor for a Ukrainian Easter blog. First things first: Ukraine celebrates all religious holidays by the Orthodox calendar. This past Sunday was Palm Sunday. Ukraine doesn't have any natural palm trees (some have been shipped in to southern beach resort areas)... but they sure do have a lot of these things.
The first picture is in our church. As you can, the willow branches are in the vase. I don't know why they use these other than that they don't have palm trees.
The next two pictures are in front of St. Vladimir's cathedral. As you can see, the willow branches are sold in front of all the orthodox churches.
And the last picture is of Dasha with our 'thingys' (bought after church... mainly for the picture). Apparently, in the orthodox church, you are supposed to get the branches 'blessed'.
So... there it is, Mrs. T. Ukrainian Palm Sunday at a glance.
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happy?
Reminds me of the lovely Easter a few years back when we all went to one of the Orthodox Churches and while waiting in the metro the babooshka knocked on your head... thanks for helping me remember, bro.
Actually, they're right outside church property and they're selling something that is considered necessary for worship... so I think they would be OK. But the people IN the church who are selling icons, postcards, etc. would probably get kicked out.
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