We went to Bright Monday liturgy this morning and then the girls and I cleaned at church. We used a blowdrier on the wax spots on the wood floor - they wipe right up after a few seconds of hot air. My ten year old vaccummed the entire stairs and choir loft upstairs by herself. She was awesome.
After cleaning we went to my Godmothers house and ate like little piggies, I am sorry to say. :-)
And had the most yummy wine, and met a lot of Russians from the local Rocor church.
I love Bright Monday. It is my second favorite service of the year.
And they did a really cool thing. My Godmother and her husband, I mean. They put an icon in the corner near the ceiling of the dining room. Before we ate we all stood facing it, and sang together, first "Christ is Risen" three times, and then the Our Father.
Then we sat down and ate, and I kept feeling like I forgotten to pray before eating. I had to keep reminding myself that we had prayed standing up this time.
But I like this idea and I think I will try to do it at our home. It is fun standing and praying together like that.