Христос Bоскрес! Christ is Risen!
Finally we can say it: Христос Bоскрес! Christ is Risen! I really don't have much else to say, just that I hope you were able to spend Easter with loved ones in the spirit of the day, with love, joy, and the knowledge that our Lord is alive and with us (and also eating all the paska and kovbasa)! Amen! Христос Bоскрес! Christ is Risen! Воїстину Воскрес! Indeed He is Risen! Joyanne :D #Easter #Easter2017 #ChristisRisen #ХристосBоскрес #IndeedHeisRisen #Eastergreetings #Воїстин
Good Friday and the Annual Plashchanytsia Hop
Слава Ісусу Христу! Glory be to Jesus Christ! We're almost at the point when we can finally say "Христос воскрес!" or "Christ is Risen!" and I for one am pretty stoked for Easter. I mean, kovbasa and ham, am I right? Before Easter can happen, however, we had to get through Good Friday and one of my favourite events that the Edmonton Eparchy hosts: the Annual Plashchanytsia Hop! Because the Edmonton area has 10 parishes the Eparchial Ukrainian Catholic Youth decided to create
Pysanky and Taizé
Слава Ісусу Христу! Glory be to Jesus Christ! Man, was Monday ever a busy day! First off that morning was our biweekly Mommy's group. While the Moms have their session upstairs in the Boardroom, a couple of us provide childcare in the church's basement. Because the Moms were writing pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs) that morning, I thought it might be a good idea to have the kids colour some pysanky colouring sheets that we could then cut out and use as an Easter display on the
AGM Breakfast (Many hands make light work!)
Слава Ісусу Христу! Glory be to Jesus Christ! I tell you, this weekend was definitely a busy one for the youth at St. Nicholas! Not only did we decorate all those cookies on Saturday, but this last Sunday was St. Nicholas' Annual General Meeting. Now perhaps it might seem as if this wouldn't have much to do with the youth but au contraire! Guess who was in charge of making breakfast for the meeting attendees? That's right, the youth! When I learned that parish council was exp
Easter Cookie Decorating (and posing for silly pictures)
Слава Ісусу Христу! Glory be to Jesus Christ! Well, folks, I’ve only been doing this for a few weeks and already I’ve got events to organize and lead, especially since we don’t want to waste this Lenten season. What’s the first thing we decided to do? The annual cookie decorating event, of course! Usually this event is geared towards the junior youth (aged 7-13) but since we’re doing some restructuring within youth ministry, I figured I’d open up this event to children and te
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