Aug252013
The Feast, at home
Sunday, August 25th, 2013 at 9:30 pm by ErkinFor the first time in eight years, the Feast of St. Janyl at home. The night before, the whole hill was candles. The procession from the cathedral, the bells, the icon carried round, the archbishop Mar Ephrem gave the blessing from the steps. Pilgrims from Talas, Nurzhan, from Chicago, from Almaty, all the guest houses full, people sleeping in the courtyards.
Mama says: next year you take guests. We have the three rooms of my father's house that nobody uses. Why not?