Our First Pascha {Think Back Thursday}
It’s been many weeks since I’ve done a Think Back Thursday! Thanks Debbie for continuing on week after week! This week’s theme is Easter. In the Eastern Orthodox Church we call Easter: Pascha. The word Pascha, ironically, has Latin roots and means Passover. Using the word Pascha helps make the tie between the Christian celebration of the Resurrection with the Jewish Passover. The two are linked and the word helps solidify that connection. When the girls were very little we really didn’t do much with Easter. It’s a long story and maybe someday I’ll blog about it. In February of 2010 at the start of Great Lent on Forgiveness Sunday our whole family was received into the Orthodox Christian Church. That April we celebrated our first Pascha. Oh my! Words fail. How on earth do you express all the emotions of Holy Week? The grief of His death and burial and the joy of His Resurrection? We will be celebrating our 4th Pascha on May 5th. We’ve just finished our 2nd full week of Lent.