The Sunday Divine Liturgy at St. Frumentios' this morning was much more interesting and confused than usual (if that's possible :-) - it never ceases to amaze me how Greek-speaking chanters who theoretically have been going to church for decades can't tell when to sing what). Archbishop Augustine of Lvov and Galicia, who was at the T'imk'et ( Read more... )

You never know what you're going to run into on a Sunday morning in Addis :-). I went to St. Frumentios' (the Greek-speaking Alexandrian Orthodox cathedral in the centre of the city) expecting the same crowd as is always there and ran into a very pleasant Serb who spoke excellent English. The services themselves were good and I reconnected with ( Read more... )

There are still a lot of incredibly poor people here in Addis. And I still don't give them anywhere near the amount of money I should. I just got back from Russia. I'm going to Greece after this. I bought gifts for family and friends alike while I was in Russia, and will no doubt do so here and in Greece. Why then can't I spare the equivalent of US ( Read more... )