We went down to St Thomas's Serbian Orthodox Church for Theophany. But it was a weekday, and the holidays are over, and so every one is back at school, work, etc., and so the traffic was horrible, and we arrived late. I thought of the American custom of saying that a place is so many hours away, but it is meaningless. On Sunday the church is 50 ( Read more... )

Yesterday was Christmas Eve and we took Amanda Walker, a Canadian visitor from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to the Hours and Readers Service at Mamelodi, in the classroom at Zakhele School. The main gate of the school, was locked, so we had to park outside. Amanda belongs to the St Vincent of Lerins Antiochian Orthodox Church in Saskatoon, and had been ( Read more... )

On Wednesday went to the Theophany Liturgy at St Nicholas of Japan Church in Brixton, and served with Fr Mircea. It is always a joyful service, and this one was especially so. The sprinkling of water was particularly generous, and left the church smelling strongly of basil. It was coolly refreshing on a hot summer day, but I wonder how it is for ( Read more... )