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Happy Easter! Christ is risen!

I am taking a short moment tonight to wish you all Happy Easter and a blessed year - blessed by the Holy Light of the One Who defied Death tonight. In the morning say a little prayer of joy…
God, make me myrtle and burn me on your altars!
Drink a sip of [...]

It’s the Thursday before Easter, also known as the Great Thursday or the Thursday of Sufferings (known in English as the Maundy Thursday, Holy Thursday or even Sheer Thursday) when the orthodox-Christians from Romania celebrate four events: the washing of the Disciples’ feet, the Holy Eucharist and the Last Supper, Christ praying in the Garden [...]

One of the most beautiful Easter traditions is the “Florii” - the Palm Sunday (Duminica Floriilor) – which is the Sunday before Easter (Sunday the 20th April this year). The holiday has roots before Christianity, in the pagan rituals of Floralia (dedicated to goddess Flora, the goddess of flowers).
The Roman festival of Floralia is dated [...]