Church That's Hard

The deacon who’s been staying with us for Holy Week posted that to his blog. If you’re Orthodox, and have been through the rigors of a Lenten fast (no meat, no dairy), and you’re celebrating the Resurrection at 2:30 a.m. after three or four hours of liturgy … this is what you’re having for breakfast. Also meat, meat, meat, and meat, washed down perhaps with a couple of vodka shots.

We got back a short time ago from the home of some church friends, who hosted the parish for the Pascha feast. I was doing okay after eating two platefuls of pulled pork, and having two vodka drinks, but when I ate the blueberry cheesecake and cherry pie, it was time to go find a place to nap. They must be dosing blueberry cheesecake with something. Yes, that’s it: beware blueberry cheesecake.