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Mar 03, 2009 11:11

Is it weird to *start* posting on livejournal during Lent? I do need to spend less time on the internet, but I think that writing something occasionally may actually be helpful for me, rather than just wasting time.

So let’s see. Nothing much has happened for the past couple of months. I worked. Work is fine. I had inner spiritual turmoil. That’s ( Read more... )

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bahareva March 3 2009, 19:29:43 UTC

well, for a Pascha party you can try traditional east-europenian (russia, ukrain etc) Pascha food - kulich (sort of short bread) & Pascha (well... cottage cheese mousse?).
You can read russian, isn't you? Here are very good recipes:
http://kare-l.livejournal.com/38275.html - pascha
http://kare-l.livejournal.com/39286.html - kulich part 1
http://kare-l.livejournal.com/39850.html - part 2
http://kare-l.livejournal.com/40173.html - part 3
http://kare-l.livejournal.com/40562.html - part 4

blakdove March 3 2009, 20:17:23 UTC

Thank you! I've been looking for a kulich recipe.

lizziebennet March 3 2009, 20:33:33 UTC

Definitely a Pascha party would have kulich and Pascha! (We make those here too, in Orthodox churches). I want to try to make real kulich--I often bake this other bread that is more like Greek Pascha bread--this year, so thanks for the recipe, and yes, I do read Russian. :)

blakdove March 3 2009, 20:06:00 UTC

In my old church, Cannon just by itself always took almost 2 hours. So I was shocked to be done in less than an hour last night!

lizziebennet March 3 2009, 20:34:29 UTC

Hmmm, so was this like the service you had there was almost two hours? That sounds like what we had last night, it is in part of great compline. It sounds like your new church uses small compline instead of great compline maybe?

blakdove March 3 2009, 20:47:46 UTC

The chanting was very quick, for some reason. And few people do prostrations, so that took off some time, too.

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lizziebennet March 4 2009, 05:28:46 UTC

This would be cool. I'll keep you appraised!

mimima March 4 2009, 00:32:33 UTC

I'm glad to hear that your Monastery trip went well, when last we talked, you were going, but hadn't gone yet.

lizziebennet March 4 2009, 05:29:20 UTC

Yes, it did go well... we should definitely try to go sometime this summer! It's really a nice place, and very beautiful.

mimima March 4 2009, 18:56:30 UTC

Yes, that'd be lovely.