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"Pascha"
Russian Orthodox traditional passover, includes a very leavened loaf and brightly colored eggs. Many Europeans, like most Protestants, mix paganism with God's holy days. Eastern European 'passover' is like Western Protestant 'easter': steeped in heathen paganistic tradition. Biblically, Passover is Thursday, Rresurrection Sunday is Sunday, and pagan easter is the following Tuesday. |
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Matzoh girls
Cathy & Miss Luda laboured for hours in preparing the necessary unleavened "matzoh" bread for the Passover. |
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Bunny eggs?
Nope, not eggs from some bunny. Each Seder begins with the eating of a boiled egg dipped in salt water. Most rabbis agree that it signifies the hardened heart of Pharoah towards God's covenant children. |
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Anya & Viktor
Our faithful CC member Anya finally gets her Dad to come to church. Passover for an Orthodox russian is THE biggest holy day of the year. Viktor is a teacher. Upon leaving, her Dad said "Why haven't I heard any of these things in my church?" Neither Anya nor her Dad are saved in this picture. |
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Fearsome Foursome
(L-R) Natasha, Tanya, Marina & Natasha.
The 2 on the rightside have gotten saved, and had invited 2 of their classmates from high school to join them for the Passover Seder. It was a God-given chance for them to hear a clear presentation of redemptive truths in the Passover. |
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Oksana & Mom
Little Oksana from CC got her Mom to finally attend servcies. Neither have professed saving faith in Christ as their sole hope of redemption. |
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Olya (L) & Yula (R)
Yula, a faithful CC member, brings her mother, cousin Olya and Aunt. Only Yula has repented and asked Christ to be her Saviour. Finally, the Lord provides an atmosphere for her immediate family to likewise hear a clear presentation of the Gospel of grace in the Passover. |
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Tanya & Luda
Tanya (L) came to Passover, the first time she attended church services. She was very interested in all she heard & learned. |
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Yula & Aliona
Yula brought her other cousin Aliona to the Passover. Though she'd been to our services previously, she'd not been in a long while. We all prayed that thru the Passover, the Lord would soften Aliona and reach her with the Gospel. |
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Yura
Yura attended the Seder with great interest. Though having made a profession in a hyper-charismatic assembly, he had absolutely no testimony of personal saving faith in Christ. |
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Bruno
Close relative to Zhenya "Bones", Evgeni "Bruno" attended the Seder. He made a profession of salvation in July 2000. |
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Cathy & Tanya
All of the CC youth are greatly attached to Cathy. Here, Tanya K hugs on her. |
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Cathy, Sveta & Natasha
A neighbor up the street from us, Sveta & Natasha came to the Passover Seder. Natasha has frequently attended CC, but neither have made a profession of salvation. It was sweet to see their interest in Scriptures. |
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Group Picture
Amongst our family is (L-R): Zhenya "Bones", Yevgeni "Bruno", Lelya, Luda, Yula, Tanya and Yura. |
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