tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post6624537168241740744..comments2023-12-07T02:42:50.522-06:00Comments on Grit in the Gears: Seasonal Gratings.soubriquethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-74890704849084916582011-12-10T23:22:26.015-06:002011-12-10T23:22:26.015-06:00Quite a lovely video and post about your days of y...Quite a lovely video and post about your days of yore. Interesting to me, having grown up in an Eastern Orthodox church, we did something quite similar, only at Easter. <br /><br />The liturgy was held at night and would begin with all the lights in the church being turned off. Candles were passed to each of the congregation and lit one to the other. We filed slowly outside the church and stood before its closed doors. There the priest re-enacted Mary Magdalene's approach to the tomb of Christ and finding it empty. An angel speaks. <br /><br />Though Christian in origin, this event also celebrates a 'new light' entering a dark world, re-birth and renewal. Another reminder of Christianity incorporating the old Pagan traditions.<br /><br />I would so love to see the aurora borealis. If I had a bucket-list, it would fill the top 50 slots...!<br /><br />xxxred dirt girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12939283533222061484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-7582111456816228322011-12-10T18:35:14.787-06:002011-12-10T18:35:14.787-06:00That Lucia fest in 1979 sounds like a perfect cele...That Lucia fest in 1979 sounds like a perfect celebration of light overcoming darkness as the days become longer. Thanks for this post.The Naghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06978145047787798267noreply@blogger.com