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

Yesterday you read about the mystic powers of the Easter painted eggs. You know now that the tradition is ancestral, dated before Christ. You know the legend of the red Easter eggs and you know that this beautiful tradition prevails in the north of the country, where many other Romanian traditions survived time and political

Orthodox Easter this year is 27-28th April - at the end of next week. So the next entries will be dedicated to Romanian Easter traditions you are probably not familiar with. Easter is the most important religious celebration in my country. Its traditions go beyond the Christian dogmas, to pagan rituals, myths of creations and symbols