More traditions, same celebration
Hristos A Înviat-Adevarat A Înviat What a beautiful tradition. During the Easter season the formal greeting is Hristos A Înviat (He is Risen) and then you respond with Adevarat A Înviat (Truly He is Risen). We attended a midnight mass for Orthodox Easter, April 12th. It was pretty cool. Everyone comes with a candle. They fill the inside of the church first the rest of the people including us gathered outside. The priest begins the service and is heard with a sound system outside. At one point they light a candle and begin to share the light with others inside and then come outside. You receive the light from a random person and then you share it the same way. As you stand there with your candle burning the priest makes his way outside and concludes his sermon. People begin to file away but no one extinguishes their candle and as you walk home you can see flickers of light coming from every direction. Everyone is returni...