* 'Christ is Risen!' This is the traditional Easter greeting in churches in the Ukraine, and today is Easter Sunday in their church calendar. The greeting is pronounced 'Khrystos Voskres!'
Katharine took this shot of some of her collection of brightly decorated Easter eggs, each one a gift from someone and each with it's own memories.
Many Ukrainian people in their homeland will not be in a position to celebrate Easter today as Russia continues it's agressive efforts to conquer the country, though I am quite sure that where the Ukrainians can they will be celebrating in their traditional manner.
In good news, Katharine's dad was discharged from hospital yesterday after 5 weeks and he is now back in his care home. There have been a number of occasions when we doubted that would happen, especially when he caught Covid-19 while in hospital. However, he continues to battle on.
These are just stunning, and I love the tradition of giving each other a decorated Easter egg. Yes I did of course buy some fabric but not too much this time. Just some backing for a quilt I'm working on and a couple of bargain fat quarter bundles
I must add that I listened to the service celebrating Easter Day according ot the Julian calendar on Radio 4 this morning. It came from a church in London
Lovely shot. The Easter eggs are each a work of art . Very sad about the situation in the Ukraine. And it seems it will linger on for quite some time. Good news about Katherine's dad.
Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, Katharine was thrilled to read what you thought of her photo.
Katharine sends her thanks to all those of you who wished her dad well now he has left hospital. Sadly his problems are primarily those caused by his age (97) and he is still very weak and he requires nursing care, which can be provided in his care home in a much more homely setting than a hospital can provide.
Sadly we missed that programme. Our house is in turmoil after we had a plasterer in on Saturday finishing off a building project started a while ago, and he was working in both the kitchen and lounge. We may eventually get sorted out again!
Good to read he`s back and cured. .
Beautiful collection of eggs!
Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, Katharine was thrilled to read what you thought of her photo.
Katharine sends her thanks to all those of you who wished her dad well now he has left hospital. Sadly his problems are primarily those caused by his age (97) and he is still very weak and he requires nursing care, which can be provided in his care home in a much more homely setting than a hospital can provide.
Ian
Sadly we missed that programme. Our house is in turmoil after we had a plasterer in on Saturday finishing off a building project started a while ago, and he was working in both the kitchen and lounge. We may eventually get sorted out again!
Ian
Thank you for sharing that. It is interesting how there are families of languages with just small differences.
Ian