[susanb]

Christmas.  


I know, I know, you're asking about The Triduum and Easter ... of those three, usually the Saturday evening Vigil (which runs 3 hours) and includes blessing of the new fire, new water, baptizing the new converts to The Faith, and if needed, their First Holy Communions and Confirmations, then Midnight Mass, Christ's resurrection in the middle of the night.

But since I've gone back to the Byzantine Rite at the beginning of March (it was recommended to me to find a different "pool" with a possible mate), they have a different structure to their services and liturgies.

As for my favorite church service, I don't really have one, per se; I'll probably go to their (Byzantine) Easter morning Divine Liturgy since afterwards, the social gathering is so heartwarming ... an extremely welcoming bunch of peeps!  And MUCH, MUCH more so than at the Latin Rite church where I've been going for years.  Can't help but feel like many of the (married) women with whom I've tried to befriend just are not very comfortable with a non-married female (me) around them and their families.  I don't really know why, it's just a very definite feeling I've gotten, and especially over the past 10 to 15 years.  So much for Christian charity.

That is great they were welcoming to you

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for years I took my autistic son to the stations on Good Friday as
it was totally visual being acted out with teenagers...

we both enjoyed this....

now our choir does the 3pm good friday which is three hours of
passion and reflection and the music is wonderful...