Христос воскрес!- Christ is risen!
On May 5 we celebrated Easter. The Lord blessed us with a beautiful day and great weather. In russian tradition it is customary that when you greet a person on Easter you say (all in russian of course) "Christ is Risen" and they respond "Christ has risen indeed". It doesn't matter if people are atheists, orthodox, lutheran or whatever they will say this to you on Easter. It is interesting that in country where the percentage of believers make up less then 1% of the population everyone will tell you that Christ is risen on this day. Thus leading into a great conversation about what that saying is really about.
We started off our Easter celebration with an dunking, followed by a service and a picnic by the river. This was a great time of fellowship and time to worship by the river. This past year has really shown me what it means in Acts when it describes the chrch. It isn't about the building but the body of believers and the studying of the word.
