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Good day and Good Friday! Or Great Friday as they say in the Ukrainian-Greek Orthodox faith. First time here for Easter since before the pandemic.

Off to Starbucks in the morning (using up my points), the city seems pretty open.

Off to church for the afternoon service! Very different from when I was a kid.

-All in English except for one song

-New shroud

-No clackers

-Cross with thorns was there, but the boulder was not

-No altar boys except for a few men picked from the congregation to carry the shroud.

-Very few kids in general

-We did walk outside on the sidewalk. Mom did not.

Fasted most of the day! Coffee, water and… collagen? Then realized I had collagen in the morning and that is made up of cow skin. Oops.

What’s the plan this weekend?

Two songs are:

Troparion 2

Straladane Mate

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00:00 Good Friday Morning

00:37 Back to Beijing Plans

01:56 Great Friday Explained

02:45 Church Then and Now

04:16 Adult Baptism Ritual

05:35 Fasting Slip Up

07:29 Fasting and Nutrition

09:16 Procession and New Shroud

11:48 Sermon and Crooked Cross

15:17 Hymns Language and Demographics

18:33 No Clackers New Traditions

19:47 Service Timing Recap

20:12 Priest Style and Faith Questions

21:52 Bible Origins and Lost Texts

23:27 History Notes on Jesus

24:39 Good Friday Shroud Rituals

25:32 Growing Up in Church

26:51 Who Shows Up Now

27:58 Mortality and Gratitude

28:31 City Open on Holiday

30:50 Calendar Confusion Easter Dates

33:43 Photos as Cultural Memory

34:42 Travel Plans and Money Talk

35:28 Wrap Up and Easter Wishes

37:06 Explaining the Two Songs

44:01 Final Sign Off