When was the last time you saw the streets of any [u]S town or city packed full of people for processions celebrating Christmas or Easter? No memories? That’s because it rarely happens.
However, in Orthodox countries like Serbia, even a ‘lesser’ feast of our Lord Jesus, like His glorious Ascension, receives such honor. Here are just a couple of pictures from this feast being celebrated in Belgrade:
Many more pictures are here:
https://orthochristian.com/139913.html
Furthermore, which exudes the spirit of holy worship, the typical modern American church building –
(Via https://www.firstdallas.org/about)
(Via https://www.firstdallas.org/ministries/adult-orchestra)
Or an Orthodox church?
(St Sava Cathedral in Belgrade; from same OrthoChristian article above)
Thankfully, there are kinships between the South and Orthodox countries like Serbia. For ensample:
https://greatappalachianorthodox.wordpress.com/2021/06/11/serbian-kinship-in-the-south/
May the Orthodox Faith of the Holy Apostles grow stronger here in Dixieland that we too may honor God to the fullest, rather than offer Him a displeasing, watered-down, focus-group tested worship.
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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema to the Union!
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