Categories: places, food, church
Tags: Sibiu, chocolate, Romania, church
Date: 17 June 2007 10:18:57
So I had some chocolate yesterday (thanks for asking T&E, you just *knew*, didn't you?). I've had a bit of a struggle work-wise this week, and have been feeling a bit wobbly and emotional the last couple of days, missing HD and just feeling really drained by life the universe and everything, and in the end I just thought that resisting would make me more miserable than giving in. And you know what? I really didn't enjoy it at all*.
In other news, I had a lovely few minutes today in the grounds of the Orthodox Cathedral, which is mid-way between my flat and the internet cafe. The church itself was full and there are always worshippers out in the grounds too as they can't all fit in (I don't remember this being the case last year; this year the church is full of scaffolding so can't fit so many people inside), so they broadcast the service on speakers to the faithful outside. The choir there really is magnificent, and the priests have wonderful voices (the liturgy is all chanted), and although I'm not Orthodox and wasn't really sure what was going on, just standing there listening was just a little touch of heaven; a touch I needed today. I'm missing going to church, which is probably why I'm spending a lot of time on the wibsite and ship these days, and why I even think that I will attend the Greenbelt Communion service this year (I usually don't bother because it gets on my nerves, but I really am feeling the lack of participating in and receiving communion). The Protestant churches here are either German or Hungarian, neither of which language I understand or speak, so although I can't really participate with the Orthodox either the services are in Romanian and so I chose to spend a bit of time there instead. I was quite happy in the grounds - I didn't want to go inside the church particularly, partly because it would stop another person from being able to go in, but mainly because standing on the very edges I was still aware of being included in the midst of the mystery and otherness of it all. I needed that today.
* I still ate it all though. Sigh.