Comments on: My first Holy Week & Easter in the Czech Republic http://rickyyates.com/my-first-holy-week-easter-in-the-czech-republic/ Ricky Yates - A blog and more Thu, 17 May 2012 15:07:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ricky Yates » Blog Archive » Vesele Velikanoce – Happy Easter! http://rickyyates.com/my-first-holy-week-easter-in-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-9541 Ricky Yates » Blog Archive » Vesele Velikanoce – Happy Easter! Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:17:16 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=147#comment-9541 [...] just re-read the blog post I wrote in April 2009 entitled ‘My first Holy Week & Easter in the Czech Republic’. Inevitably last year was a fairly steep learning curve both in understanding the way Easter is [...] [...] just re-read the blog post I wrote in April 2009 entitled ‘My first Holy Week & Easter in the Czech Republic’. Inevitably last year was a fairly steep learning curve both in understanding the way Easter is [...]

]]> By: Davis Rottman http://rickyyates.com/my-first-holy-week-easter-in-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-8758 Davis Rottman Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:22:33 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=147#comment-8758 Thanks for the article, your blog is cool! I've had a tradition with my grandchildren for years where we hunt for easter eggs. This totally made me think of that! Happy Easter! Thanks for the article, your blog is cool! I’ve had a tradition with my grandchildren for years where we hunt for easter eggs. This totally made me think of that! Happy Easter!

]]> By: Ben@AA Car Insurance http://rickyyates.com/my-first-holy-week-easter-in-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-8713 Ben@AA Car Insurance Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:37:42 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=147#comment-8713 It's 2010 now, and there are 3 more weeks till the death and rebirth of Christ. You should visit Romania sometime and spend the Holy Week here to one of our monasteries. It will be unforgetable. .-= Ben@AA Car Insurance´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AaCarInsurance/~3/mS-NEO72Yd4/paying-too-much-for-auto-insurance.htm">Paying Too Much For Auto Insurance</a> =-. It’s 2010 now, and there are 3 more weeks till the death and rebirth of Christ. You should visit Romania sometime and spend the Holy Week here to one of our monasteries.

It will be unforgetable.
.-= Ben@AA Car Insurance´s last blog ..Paying Too Much For Auto Insurance =-.

]]> By: Holiday Cottages http://rickyyates.com/my-first-holy-week-easter-in-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-8538 Holiday Cottages Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:54:25 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=147#comment-8538 It's interesting to hear how different cultures and countries celebrate the same event. Not sure how well i could cope without my good Friday being a public holiday! The extra long Easter weekend is something i would most certainly miss. I completely agree with Christopher on the point of how commercial these celebrations have become. Its of course about the gathering of friends and family on these special days and sharing it together. Great post. Thanks. It’s interesting to hear how different cultures and countries celebrate the same event. Not sure how well i could cope without my good Friday being a public holiday! The extra long Easter weekend is something i would most certainly miss.

I completely agree with Christopher on the point of how commercial these celebrations have become. Its of course about the gathering of friends and family on these special days and sharing it together.

Great post. Thanks.

]]> By: Christopher @ cheap car insurance for young people http://rickyyates.com/my-first-holy-week-easter-in-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-5977 Christopher @ cheap car insurance for young people Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:02:07 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=147#comment-5977 Thank you for your post. I noticed how you talked about the commercialization of Easter. It is so poignant around this time of year (Christmas) because so many people fail to realize the real meaning and importance of these two holidays. In the U.S., the commercialization of Christmas has almost completely taken over, and to me, its makes Christmas much less special. .-= Christopher @ cheap car insurance for young people´s last blog ..<a href="http://insurancefanatic.com/important-basics-you-need-to-know-about-car-insurance.html">Important Basics You Need To Know About Car Insurance</a> =-. Thank you for your post. I noticed how you talked about the commercialization of Easter. It is so poignant around this time of year (Christmas) because so many people fail to realize the real meaning and importance of these two holidays. In the U.S., the commercialization of Christmas has almost completely taken over, and to me, its makes Christmas much less special.
.-= Christopher @ cheap car insurance for young people´s last blog ..Important Basics You Need To Know About Car Insurance =-.

]]> By: Ricky http://rickyyates.com/my-first-holy-week-easter-in-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-4189 Ricky Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:19:05 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=147#comment-4189 Jenny - Welcome to the blog. To answer your specific question, we use the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) when reading from the Bible in Church. For my own personal reading I use Todays New International Version (TNIV). The former is available to download from http://bible.oremus.org/ whilst the latter is available from http://www.biblegateway.com/ , the site I see that you use for the Daily Bible Readings on your own website. As for your website, anything that encourages people to read the Bible is a good thing as far as I am concerned! Jenny – Welcome to the blog. To answer your specific question, we use the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) when reading from the Bible in Church. For my own personal reading I use Todays New International Version (TNIV). The former is available to download from http://bible.oremus.org/ whilst the latter is available from http://www.biblegateway.com/ , the site I see that you use for the Daily Bible Readings on your own website. As for your website, anything that encourages people to read the Bible is a good thing as far as I am concerned!

]]> By: Jenny Haynes http://rickyyates.com/my-first-holy-week-easter-in-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-4188 Jenny Haynes Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:39:22 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=147#comment-4188 Wow! What a site. You have a real knack for making a blog readable and easy on the eyes. I am always interested in reading other sites about religion, they give me a lot to think about. I don't have time to read everything right now, I found this site when looking for something else on Bing, but I've bookmarked your homepage and will check back soon to see your latest articles. What is your preferred translation of the Bible? I think they are all good, don't really have a favorite myself. I have a web site with daily Bible readings on it. Please visit it - it as at www.GotTB.com. I just redesigned the site with a new look and feel, please let me know what you think of the new layout. God's Peace! Wow! What a site. You have a real knack for making a blog readable and easy on the eyes. I am always interested in reading other sites about religion, they give me a lot to think about. I don’t have time to read everything right now, I found this site when looking for something else on Bing, but I’ve bookmarked your homepage and will check back soon to see your latest articles. What is your preferred translation of the Bible? I think they are all good, don’t really have a favorite myself. I have a web site with daily Bible readings on it. Please visit it – it as at http://www.GotTB.com. I just redesigned the site with a new look and feel, please let me know what you think of the new layout. God’s Peace!

]]> By: Romancing Italy http://rickyyates.com/my-first-holy-week-easter-in-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-993 Romancing Italy Fri, 01 May 2009 06:29:30 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=147#comment-993 Extremely interesting information Ricky. Thank you. (I think everybody, especially young people should travel because I find I am interested in things that would have never made me blink before. I had no idea that there were two calendars...never paid attention because obviously these have been around pretty much forever!) Thanks for the link Bev Extremely interesting information Ricky. Thank you. (I think everybody, especially young people should travel because I find I am interested in things that would have never made me blink before. I had no idea that there were two calendars…never paid attention because obviously these have been around pretty much forever!)
Thanks for the link

Bev

]]> By: Ricky http://rickyyates.com/my-first-holy-week-easter-in-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-985 Ricky Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:16:18 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=147#comment-985 How nice to have three genuine comments amongst all the spam that my blog seems to attract! Martin - Yes I do plan to be here for 7 or 8 more Holy Weeks. And also seeing Easter marked less commercially is refreshing. Sher - I agree with you, many of the decorated eggs are very beautiful, hence I posted a picture of them on my blog! Like you, I've seen some decorated with a cross or an empty tomb thus portraying the true meaning of Easter. It was lovely to see you both at Church on Maundy Thursday. Bev - I guess it won't be the last time either that I ask for something I think everyone knows about only to discover it is peculiarly British and unknown in the Czech Republic! To answer your other questions. I conduct services in English for the English-speaking community here in Prague. Some Czech people do attend because they are married to English-speakers, they like our liturgy or they want to improve their English. You're right, Czech is NOT an easy language to learn. I'm off to my twice weekly language class shortly. We celebrated Easter on exactly the same dates as you did in Italy because, like the Roman Catholic Church, we follow the Gregorian calendar. It is only the Orthodox Churches, who still follow the Julian calendar, who celebrate Easter on a different date which this year was one week later. The majority Church in Belarus is the Orthodox Church therefore your friend was quite correct with his impression. This Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar explains more. How nice to have three genuine comments amongst all the spam that my blog seems to attract!

Martin – Yes I do plan to be here for 7 or 8 more Holy Weeks. And also seeing Easter marked less commercially is refreshing.

Sher – I agree with you, many of the decorated eggs are very beautiful, hence I posted a picture of them on my blog! Like you, I’ve seen some decorated with a cross or an empty tomb thus portraying the true meaning of Easter. It was lovely to see you both at Church on Maundy Thursday.

Bev – I guess it won’t be the last time either that I ask for something I think everyone knows about only to discover it is peculiarly British and unknown in the Czech Republic!

To answer your other questions. I conduct services in English for the English-speaking community here in Prague. Some Czech people do attend because they are married to English-speakers, they like our liturgy or they want to improve their English. You’re right, Czech is NOT an easy language to learn. I’m off to my twice weekly language class shortly.

We celebrated Easter on exactly the same dates as you did in Italy because, like the Roman Catholic Church, we follow the Gregorian calendar. It is only the Orthodox Churches, who still follow the Julian calendar, who celebrate Easter on a different date which this year was one week later. The majority Church in Belarus is the Orthodox Church therefore your friend was quite correct with his impression. This Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar explains more.

]]> By: Romancing Italy http://rickyyates.com/my-first-holy-week-easter-in-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Romancing Italy Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:29:56 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=147#comment-983 Hello Ricky, I was tickled with the story of the palm cross. I do that so often, asking for something only to realize it just doesn't exist here in Italy. Do you have your services in English or translated into Czech? Somehow I imagine it is for the English speaking community because Czech is not an easy language to pick up in, what...8 months. We celebrated Easter the weekend of April 10 through 13, then I heard that in Belarus, they were celebrating it the week after. Not sure if that info is correct but my friend was under that impression when he was visiting. Which weekend did you celebrate in Prague? Bev Hello Ricky, I was tickled with the story of the palm cross. I do that so often, asking for something only to realize it just doesn’t exist here in Italy.

Do you have your services in English or translated into Czech? Somehow I imagine it is for the English speaking community because Czech is not an easy language to pick up in, what…8 months.

We celebrated Easter the weekend of April 10 through 13, then I heard that in Belarus, they were celebrating it the week after. Not sure if that info is correct but my friend was under that impression when he was visiting. Which weekend did you celebrate in Prague?

Bev

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