This weekend in Moldova people celebrate again Easter. And although Easter is supposed to be a celebration about Jesus who rose from the death and the new life we have in Christ, this time the Easter celebration is all about remembering your family who have already died. Different rituels are required like visiting the grave, putting food, clothes and candles on the grave, pooring some wine, that is blessed by the priest, on the grave etc. If you follow all the rules, many people believe that because you honor your family member, this will help the person who died to have a better life in eternity.
It is a strange celebration for me/ us and on Saturday we quickly visited the grave of Spiridon's grandfather. Hunderds of people, nicely dressed were at the graveyard, celebrating, drinking and eating. Actually it was very sad to see how people believe that this rituels really help. After 10 minutes we left and I felt sorry for all those people who are in some way so confused and do not know how they can be sure now already of having eternal life with God.
On Friday afternoon Spiridon's aunt arrived from New York and so we got to spend some time with Spiridon's family during the weekend. On Sunday afternoon we had a meal together and the weather was so nice that we stayed outside. See below some pictures....(some are real Moldovan style of picture taking..;-)
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| Cheers from the family! |
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| Spiridon and his smaller brother Andrei |
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| Daniel, our very active but oh so cute Moldovan nephew |
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| My favorite Moldovan food: pancakes with cheese and cream on top! |
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