True Family, the One and Only
ꒌ Благосиљање колача славара Светог апостола Луке, СПЦ Ротердам 31. октобра 2024.
► █░▓ THE ONLY TRUE FAMILY is the future-proof one, the one united in God. This was an occasion called Slava, the feast of venerating St. Luke, the Evangelist. Among the apostles, mostly fisherman made disciples of Jesus, the three stood out: Mathew, the customs officer, Paul, the scholar, and Luke, the medicine man and artist.
By venerating the first saints who founded the Church and spread the Christianity, we strive to 'qualify' for the future broader FAMILY in God. Time will eventually crush all our earthly bindings and lead us into another reality, with different laws and differing relations. But those laws have already been revealed! Exactly 1988 years ago. And it all began with the revelation given to St. John the Forerunner and Baptist, leading to his famous role in Theophany; the great feast on January 6th. Which translates to 19th in the Gregorian calendar. The wing of the orthodox following the 'Old Style' (Julian calendar for the church cycle), will celebrate Theophany thus in less than three days from now.
I am excited as this will be the first time outdoors swimming will be organised on this occasion in this part of the world. The bold endeavour will as always be preceded by the great general waters sanctification. What follows is not strictly a Church ceremony, but more of the folks tradition tightly bound to it. And it differs between the particular jurisdictions throughout the world: Russian tradition on this day is immersion in the icy water, usually in a hole cut in ice, to symbolically repeat the baptism in newly sanctified waters. While Serbian orthodox swim in icy water outdoors competing to fetch the Holy Cross, thrown from the shore as far as possible by a priest. It too is a feat for the prepared, for brave believers, be sure. Somewhat relieved by the promise of glühwein (mulled wine) made ready in the nearby tavern.
❖ Developed from raw and edited in Affinity Photo 2.4 and IrfanView ...But obviously not a great success. The lens was still not 'broken in' (do you also experience a warming up period using a newly acquired gear? Only after a few days and sometimes even a month it falls into shape and begins to 'work' and make me happy [a mutual adjustment period? I also have it with cats. With the dogs though I immediately become friends]).
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True Family, the One and Only
ꒌ Благосиљање колача славара Светог апостола Луке, СПЦ Ротердам 31. октобра 2024.
► █░▓ THE ONLY TRUE FAMILY is the future-proof one, the one united in God. This was an occasion called Slava, the feast of venerating St. Luke, the Evangelist. Among the apostles, mostly fisherman made disciples of Jesus, the three stood out: Mathew, the customs officer, Paul, the scholar, and Luke, the medicine man and artist.
By venerating the first saints who founded the Church and spread the Christianity, we strive to 'qualify' for the future broader FAMILY in God. Time will eventually crush all our earthly bindings and lead us into another reality, with different laws and differing relations. But those laws have already been revealed! Exactly 1988 years ago. And it all began with the revelation given to St. John the Forerunner and Baptist, leading to his famous role in Theophany; the great feast on January 6th. Which translates to 19th in the Gregorian calendar. The wing of the orthodox following the 'Old Style' (Julian calendar for the church cycle), will celebrate Theophany thus in less than three days from now.
I am excited as this will be the first time outdoors swimming will be organised on this occasion in this part of the world. The bold endeavour will as always be preceded by the great general waters sanctification. What follows is not strictly a Church ceremony, but more of the folks tradition tightly bound to it. And it differs between the particular jurisdictions throughout the world: Russian tradition on this day is immersion in the icy water, usually in a hole cut in ice, to symbolically repeat the baptism in newly sanctified waters. While Serbian orthodox swim in icy water outdoors competing to fetch the Holy Cross, thrown from the shore as far as possible by a priest. It too is a feat for the prepared, for brave believers, be sure. Somewhat relieved by the promise of glühwein (mulled wine) made ready in the nearby tavern.
❖ Developed from raw and edited in Affinity Photo 2.4 and IrfanView ...But obviously not a great success. The lens was still not 'broken in' (do you also experience a warming up period using a newly acquired gear? Only after a few days and sometimes even a month it falls into shape and begins to 'work' and make me happy [a mutual adjustment period? I also have it with cats. With the dogs though I immediately become friends]).
~SHORTCUTS~ ...→Press [F11] and [L] key to engage Full Screen (Light box) mode with black background ↔ Press the same key or [Esc] to return... →Press [F] to "Like" (Fave)... →Press [C] to comment.
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