Adventures in Moscow
Sunday, June 19, 2005
That's a bold bolo
So I was walking down the street and met this guy sporting a t-shirt with a Russian rock star on it...he was also wearing a substantial bolo round his neck...Painting with broad strokes
So I went to part of a vigil in a Church on Red Square...I was there for the annointing and the Bishop was there so he did the annointing...so when it became my turn I venerated the Icons and was annointed...the brush (opposed to those dinky metal sticks I've seen used before) the Bishop was using was like a small painting brush...for the rest of the vigil oil was dripping down my nose...Rockin' with the Russians
So... I was taking the hired car to the airport and was enjoying the fine selection on the radio. It seems the Russians like to learn whatever English they can and string it together in a song no matter how nonsensical it is... "Blue jeans baby for you is all right...blue jeans baby is what I like..." to a catchy pop electronic track...Wednesday, June 15, 2005
I think next to vodka the Russians favorite things are gates...they love to block off perfectly fine walkways or stairways...this happens especially in the metro where hoards of people have to use one passage.
In this unassuming Chapel are the relics of St. Sergius. When I went in an Akathist was going on and after that another one...
Another view of the monastery. The line closest is for venerating an icon on the wall of the Church in the middle.
Pokrov Monastery-where the relics of St. Matrona of Moscow are. So I went one day to venerate and found this huge line so decided I would come back early in the morning...so I came back the next day and the line was almost all the way to where I was sitting in this picture... So I waited for two hours in line... Then when I finally get to the reliquary there is a security guard moving people along...(only three seconds to venerate, move it along...) reminded me of viewing Lenin's body (I haven't done so, but from what I've heard)