tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134782302655515338.post4333189593124109970..comments2023-12-25T05:12:46.199+01:00Comments on ORA ET LABORA: RadonitsaFelix Culpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062279686869827534noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134782302655515338.post-3482847046116274942014-04-12T19:34:44.984+02:002014-04-12T19:34:44.984+02:00This surely is later than one thinks concerning th...This surely is later than one thinks concerning this post! I just found this site; and tried to listen in French to the lecture given by the Monk Macarius; and, of course it didn't appear. so, I am wondering if the archives would contain this.<br />Nun HelenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134782302655515338.post-82997329256383412542009-05-07T00:39:00.000+02:002009-05-07T00:39:00.000+02:00It's wonderful to see how, in seemingly spontaneou...It's wonderful to see how, in seemingly spontaneous manner, different Orthodox cultures have taken to celebrating the memory of the reposed after Bright Week. Pascha really is about "trampling down death by death."<br /><br />I've been on pilgrimage to Romania once, in 1999, to Bucharest and then around Moldavia. Given the strong influence exerted by the poles of Russia and Greece, it's a pity that less is known about other venerable indigenous Orthodox cultures, like Romania.Felix Culpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062279686869827534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134782302655515338.post-63112833016120311542009-05-07T00:31:00.000+02:002009-05-07T00:31:00.000+02:00My pleasure; it s good to see how we share similar...My pleasure; it s good to see how we share similar customs, although divided by hundreds or thousands of kilometers.<br /> The part of Romania where I grew up, we used to go to the cemetery on Thomas' Sunday, after the Liturgy.<br />There would be a general "parastas" there, the new funeral monuments would be blessed, as all the graves, people would bring dyed eggs , sweet bread and brandy they had prepared for this day. A joyful day, overall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134782302655515338.post-59021170759456307022009-05-06T23:01:00.000+02:002009-05-06T23:01:00.000+02:00Thank you very much for this comment. Fr Milovan K...Thank you very much for this comment. Fr Milovan Katanic wrote me the following about Serbian practice:<br /><br />"In the Serbian tradition we have what is called POBUSANI PONEDELJAK, which is the Monday after Thomas Sunday when we go to the graves and plant flowers, (hence, Pobusani = pobusati - to plant). Bishop Artemije, in his explanation, says that it is something that came to us from Russia."Felix Culpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062279686869827534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134782302655515338.post-15907755006356120772009-05-06T22:40:00.000+02:002009-05-06T22:40:00.000+02:00Romanians have a similar celebration especially in...Romanians have a similar celebration especially in Moldova, western Transylvania and Banat. They call it "The Pascha of the Dead" or "The Pascha of the Blessed". Nowadays is mostly observed on Thomas Sunday, but in earlier times it was probably observed on either the Monday or Tuesday following Antipascha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com