{"id":4323,"date":"2007-04-07T20:49:42","date_gmt":"2007-04-08T01:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=4323"},"modified":"2007-04-07T23:30:12","modified_gmt":"2007-04-08T04:30:12","slug":"white_light_fai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/07\/white_light_fai\/","title":{"rendered":"Christu Uyirthezhunnettu!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Indian \nChachaji’s beautifully kind comment<\/a> inspired me to post this “aww-inducing” picture for Easter<\/strong>. It’s from the BBC<\/a>, it’s a year old and it captures this moment I am contemplatively marinating in perfectly. This is the caption it had last year:<\/p>\n\n

A young Christian girl holds a candle during Easter celebrations at midnight mass in St Mary’s Church in Secunderabad, India.<\/blockquote>\n\n

When I was her age, my little sister and I would have been attired similarly (to her and each other!) in fluffy Easter dresses, tied with bows, trimmed with lace. My dress would have been a different color if on Good Friday I had had the honor of “guarding” Christ’s tomb while holding a basket of flowers as a myhrr bearer, dressed in pure white.<\/p>\n\n

In a few hours, I’ll be holding a white candle at a midnight service as well, though since I am not Catholic, it is never called “mass” (that’s what mutineer Vinod avoids, not me)<\/u>. Easter liturgy in the Greek Orthodox church is a thrilling experience; pure darkness will be illuminated by one, ten, and soon a thousand candles (in large cities like this, yes) which glow and move as the faithful make the sign of the cross, while singing “Christos Anesti” (Christ is risen<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n

I’ll tell you more if you’re interested, but for now, I must go get ready. Only amateurs show up at the Cathedral at 11pm thinking they’ll get to sit, not when it’s standing room only by 10:30. It’s going to be a very long night, but I wouldn’t want it any other way. To all who were thoughtful enough to wish me a Happy Easter, here and elsewhere- thank you<\/strong>. I’m lucky to know you.
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Armenian Orthodox clergymen hold candles at the Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, believed to be the burial place of Jesus Christ. [BBC<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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