Good morning dearest Blogger friends. During the South African Lockdown years, some 700 days long, many gatherings were banned. Business meetings, weddings, After Tears Parties (traditional SA wake) and church services.
However, this year Easter services were held all over the country in different denominations. For me, who work most Sunday mornings cleaning the holiday accommodation, I don't get to church all that regularly. Today, being Easter Sunday with a long weekend tagged onto Monday, my guests only check out tomorrow.
So I attended church in town.
Chatting to Joan, one of my Weigh-Less members and the oldest in my groups. Joan is 82 years and still farms outside the town
Throughout Lent there are no flowers or displays in the church. On Easter Sunday, the day Christ has risen, the church is adorned with beautiful arrangements done by the ladies of the congregation
It was a lovely service steeped in tradition such as lighting the Easter Candle and receiving a renewed spirit by "baptism" as the priest walked through the congregation sprinkling holy water on us!
HAPPY MONDAY TO YOU ALL !
Hello Jo,
ReplyDeleteLovely photos of your Easter Service. I hope you had a very happy and blessed Easter!
Have a happy day and a great new week!
You had a truly blessed Easter service, and so happy you could go and be with friends and enjoy your worship..
ReplyDeleteyou live in a nice place greetings from Poland
ReplyDeleteThat would have been nice for you. The churches here also had their first Easter service in three years.
ReplyDeleteI don't even remember when I was in church last time. Belgium is a catholic country and less and less people go to church because of all the scandals. Protestants start slowly to become popular. I doubt too much about this bible stories written by men ! But that's a private thing, everybody should do what is best for him.
ReplyDeleteGood that you were able to attend.
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