Rounding third

Oh boy oh boy oh boy! Here we go. Lent is over. We went to the Great Compline service for the resurection of Lazarus at St. Stephen's. Had champagne and caviar at my house house afterward. Athanasia and I had no idea how to serve caviar, since neither of us had had it before. Well, now that I've written that, I remember two times I have had caviar: Once as a garnish on a slab of salmon I had at the Brooklyn resaurant in Seattle, and once I had it right out of a jar with saltines. But today is not a salmon day, just a caviar day, and we didn't want to eat it out of jars. But thankfully, the boy's godmother was here and told us what to do. So, anyway, Lazarus Saturday is here. (Because the day starts in the evening according to Genesis.) That means that Palm Sunday is nigh and then Boom! Pascha will be here! Oh, pray for my friend Doug and his wife. They made their life confessions at St. Stephen's tonight and are being received into the church in the morning.

So.... Let me help you get ready for Pascha, WHICH IS JUST A WEEK AWAY!!!!!!

I don't know about your parish, but our priest expects us to know these in 5 or 6 languages. So, you have one week. Get to practicing.

English: Christ Is Risen -- Truly He Is Risen
Aleut: Khristus Anahgrecum -- Alhecum Anahgrecum
Anglo-Saxon: Crist aras -- Crist sodhlice aras
Arabic: Al Messieh Qam -- Huhquhn Qam
Armenian: Christos harjav i merelotz -- Orhniale harutjun Christosi
Chinese: Helisituosi fuhuole -- Queshi fuhuole
Coptic (Egypt): Pchristos Aftooun -- Alethos Aftooun
Czech: Kristus Vstal A Mrtvych -- Opravdi Vstoupil
Estonian: Kristus on surnust Ulasteeusnud -- Teasti on Ulasteeusnud
Finnish: Kristus nousi kuolleista -- Totisesti nousi
French: Christ est Resurrecte -- Vraiment, Resurrecte
Gaelic (Celt): Taw Creest Ereen -- Taw Shay Ereen Guhdyne
Georgian: Kriste aghsdga -- Cheshmaritad aghsdga
German: Christus ist Auferstanden -- Wahrhaft auferstanden
Hebrew: Ha-Mashiah qom -- Be-emet qom
Hellenic (Greek): Khristos Anesti -- Alithos Anesti
Japanese: Harisutosu Fukkatsu -- Jitsu Ni Fukkatsu
Korean: Kristo Gesso -- Buhar ha sho Nay
Latin: Christus resurrexit -- Vere resurrexit
Norwegian: Christus er Oppstanden -- Sandelig Han er Oppstanden
Sanskrit: Kristo'pastitaha -- Satvam Upastitaha
Serbian (modern) Hristos Vaskrse -- Vaistinu Vaskrse
Slavonic: Khristos Voskresie -- Voistsinu Voskresie
Spanish: Cristo esta resucitado -- Verdad, resucitado
Swahili: Khristos amafafouka -- Kwaeli amafafouka
Swedish: Kristi ar uppstanden -- Sannorligen ar
Syriac: Meshiha qam -- Bashrira qam
Tosk (Albanian): Krishti Ungjall -- Vertete Ungjall
Vlakh (Romanian): Hristos A Inviat -- Adivarat A Inviat
Welsh: Atgyfododd Crist -- Atgyfododd in wir
Zulu: Ukristu Uvukile -- Uvukile Kuphela