We celebrated Easter this past weekend in Russia. Easter is more often than not on a different weekend in Russia than in the west because they use Julian calendar to determine the holiday. In any case it was a wonderful Easter despite the cold and slightly snowy weather.
Moscow Bible Church meets in the basement of a Christian Office Center. We rent the space, as several other churches at different times throughout the weekend. We have one service at 10am and a second at 12pm. The space does not allow us to all meet at one time.
In Russian it is tradition to greet every with "Christ is Risen" to which you will respond "He is risen indeed!" The hall was decorated with bright letters declaring Christ has risen behind the pulpit. We celebrated Easter by having the Lord's Supper as well.
Easter is an amazing time to not only remember the sacrifice Christ paid for our sins, but to remember that He is alive, risen and wanting to do great things in and through our lives. John 21:25 states that after Christ's resurrection many other things which Jesus did, which were too many to be written in detail and if written would be too many for the world to contain. In the sermon we were challenged to examine our lives and how open we were to letting our lives be among "the many things" that Jesus does to fill these countless books. God wants to work in our lives and use our lives to bless others- all to share His glory and love. It was a great reminder and challenge!
I wanted to just share some pictures from church that Sunday. I hope that joy and reality of the
resurrection is ever present in every day of our lives!
resurrection is ever present in every day of our lives!
