The Bright Week

ОМСК And so the Pascha service came again in my life in Russia and each year I seem to mind less and less the fatigues as Im already quite used to the services.
Since I wanted to take Holy Communion I needed to be at the church at 10pm for confession.
Then services start after 11pm or 11.30pm.
And then the beautiful singing procession and finally liturgy but at 3.30am in the morning I was sorry to go as I realized that it had been special and unique for me maybe especially being able to go to services in Russia.Bright Week is the week after Pascha and it culminates with the Apostle Thomas Feast day on the following Sunday.
On Monday I decided to take a walk along part of the embankment.
To get there I took the walking street down to the river and then took some shots of the bridge and ice flow.
The ice flow is a big event in Omsk and it had just started.
Soon the entire river will be an art display of ice shards moving north towards Tobolsk and beyond.
I decided to walk as far as the statue of the general who built the Omsk fortress and then I took the same way home.
The sky was a pure blue with the harsh light of the mid-April sun.
The grass was starting to grow and the trees showed signs of buds.

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