Friday, April 9, 2010

one sweet tradition

My friend Alisha (Nashville) served her mission in the Ukraine, she recently shared this on her blog:

Ісус воскрес!

In Ukraine there is a lovely tradition that on Easter, instead of greeting people with, "hello", you exclaim, "Jesus Resurrected!" And the people answer back, "He Truly Resurrected!" It was hands down my favorite day in Ukraine. It's bigger than Christmas. People celebrate for days.

I love that.



3 comments:

we said...

HE TRULY IS!!!!!!!! i love that story and i love her, man i just love everything!

cody & allison said...

that is one sweet tradition. what a great way to focus on and share what we are celebrating.

HegstromPrattFamily said...

What a great greeting. I had a Christian friend in high school who was always praising the Lord--she remembered Him all the time that way. Sometimes she would just say, "PTL." I thought it was cute and funny, but I knew she really loved Him.