Comments on: Christu Uyirthezhunnettu!

By: Suitablegirl

Suitablegirl — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:03:38 +0000

Question about the Easter service for you. Being a Greek church, did they offer the service in English or Greek...I assume you did not face that issue-- the service was in English right?

The service was in Greek (which I prefer.) I could understand it perfectly because:

a) I can read Greek and thus can follow along

b) I've been listening to it for 32 years.

Oh well if it wasn't i guess it's not a big deal since most of the time I don't have a clue what they are saying in Jaco malu mass unless I follow along with the English counterpart in the service book.

If it's Jacobite, it's not mass, it's a liturgy. ;) Mass is what Catholics (and sometimes Protestants) attend. Sorry, pet peeve alert (which is why I mentioned similar in my actual post).

Mass is the term used to describe celebration of the Eucharist in the Western liturgical rites of the Roman Catholic Church, Old Catholic Churches, in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of Anglicanism, and in some largely High Church Lutheran regions: in Scandinavian and Baltic countries the Lutheran Eucharistic service is also known as "the Mass".

The term is derived from the late-Latin word missa (dismissal), a word used in the concluding formula of Mass in Latin: "Ite, missa est" ("Go, it is the dismissal").

For the celebration of the Eucharist in Eastern Churches, including those in full communion with the Holy See of Rome, other terms, such as the Divine Liturgy, the Holy Qurbana, and the Badarak are normally used. Western denominations not in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church, for instance Calvinist Christianity, also usually prefer terms other than "Mass." [wiki]

By: ortho girl through and through

ortho girl through and through — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:33:11 +0000

Hey which Greek church did you go to? There is a really pretty one near…. hmm.. where is that, oh it’s really close to the national cathedral in DC. I have been there for the awesome Greek Festivals they have every so often. Question about the Easter service for you. Being a Greek church, did they offer the service in English or Greek? I went to a Greek service one morning here in NYC (longing for my jaco style service) and found that it -like my malu service- was in the mother tongue of the peeps , thus it was in greek and my english literate-malayalum-illiterate ass left after teh morning service disappointed. I assume you did not face that issue– the service was in English right? Oh well if it wasn’t i guess it’s not a big deal since most of the time I don’t have a clue what they are saying in Jaco malu mass unless I follow along with the English counterpart in the service book.

By: AggieG

AggieG — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:29:40 +0000

Sorry,I had meant to write Caesar’s invasion of Britain had happened only 50 years before the first easter…

By: AggieG

AggieG — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:21:49 +0000

''When you have moment will you tell about Orthodox and Catholic Easter in India? Why do the two calendars so seldom coincide'' Well, unfortunately,record keeping was not a big deal in the Middle east 2000 years ago when it was an obscure part of the world no one paid much attention to.Another reason there could have been some confusion between the records of the different monastries that sprang up 100-200 years later in Greece,Turkey,Syria,Lebanon,Palestine,Egypt when the dates were changed from the Jewish,Greek,Roman,and gregorian calendars...

A good comparison would be that Caesar's invasion of Britain happened only 50 years ago with the full power of the Roman government.Yet we do not have the accurate date of that, only the approximate year. Hope this helps.

By: bytewords

bytewords — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:39:05 +0000

little anna is cute. very.

By: Ennis

Ennis — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:40:50 +0000

Wow...that is some pretty impressive recall. Unless you are an art historian.

Everybody knows that Kobayashi is a competitive eater and world record holder. That leaves him lots of time to hang out in museums.

By: Como A K K A para chocolate

Como A K K A para chocolate — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:41:45 +0000

One of you little darlinks asked:

Is the Godiva thing true? I can't find any info on this! I'm crazy about chocolate - please help, ANNA!

Yes, it is true. I called the boutique in Georgetown and All EASTER candy is half-off, commencing today at Godiva (also, it's time to stock up on Cadbury Mini-eggs, which freeze well and are similarly half-off, though at less glamorous locales). I should have been more specific, but something tells me that you are all chocolate lovers the way I am a chocolate lover-- who gives a shit about a pastel foil wrapper covering something shaped like a bunny...IT'S CHOCOLATE. Yum.

By: anandos, papal legate

anandos, papal legate — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:38:41 +0000

All's fair, Anna; you might call us early.
Anyway, I's gonna have me some Cadbury eggs.

By: desishiksa

desishiksa — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:29:09 +0000

Saheli, the painting in question is by EugÃ¨ne Burnand. It's called "Les disciples Pierre et Jean courant au sÃ©pulcre le matin de la RÃ©surrection." And it is, indeed, at the MusÃ©e d'Orsay.

Wow...that is some pretty impressive recall. Unless you are an art historian.
Happy belated Easter, everyone.

By: Manju

Manju — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:15:28 +0000

Think I’ll…Leave the scum, take the jalebis.