Thursday 6 February 2014

lviv with the monks con't

Sorry bout that; this is a continuation from the last post. After the university, we went to the monastery at st michaels for lunch. Then we walkeked downtown for a bit. Then to the metropolitan church of st george. This was my first visit. I got to visit and pray at the tombs of met. Andrei sheptytsky, patriarchslijpy and other heads of the church. Beautiful. And guess who else i saw... My long lost friend... SISTER EMANUELLA!!! Ok, i had already seen her when i initially arrived, but this was a surprise because, i wasnt expectinf to see her. But apparently the patriarch office in lviv is at st georges- which is where ahe works- to my great surprise! We had a great visit. (for those of you who dont know, sr. Emanuella is an awesome sr. whom i know quite well from edmonton; she worked in edmonton for about 4 years, but was called back to ukraine. But perhaps if we pray hard enough, she will come back to edmonton, inch Allah.) Last stop of the day was the a womans monastery in lviv following the studite rule. This is their biggest monastery: ober 40 nuns. We stayed for vespers, complines and supper. And dont tell the monks, but their singing and cooking was better. Haha.thats all for now.

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