Pascha with Forrest Gump's family
Monday April 28, 2008
Categories: Orthodoxy
Actress Rita Wilson, who is married to Tom Hanks, on what Pascha means to her Greek Orthodox clan....
Filed Under: Greek Orthodox, Pascha
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Rod Dreher is an editorial columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and author of "Crunchy Cons" (Crown Forum), a nonfiction book about conservatives, most of them religious, whose faith and political convictions sometimes put them at odds with mainstream conservatives. The views expressed in this blog are his own.
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Very interesting. I had no idea the Hanks family was Orthodox.
Nice run down of the whole thing. I knew that the big holiday was Easter. We used to get Easter baskets (at a different time than the others were used to) from the.. I think it is an American Orthodox church? Well, it is down the street now for the kids in the shelter.
Unless Jews have changed the way which Passover is celebrated over the years, most likely, the Jews were celebrating Sukkot with the palm branches. It falls the fifth day after Yom Kippur and is referred to as the Season of our Rejoicing.
I enjoyed Wilson's piece. You have to wonder about the content of Mr. Hanks' Orthodox faith, though, when he chooses to star in crude anti-Christian agitprop like The Da Vinci Code.
Anyway, to all our Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox brethren:
Christos Anesti!
You have to wonder about the content of Mr. Hanks' Orthodox faith, though, when he chooses to star in crude anti-Christian agitprop like The Da Vinci Code.
It was more anti-Catholic than anti-Christian, imo. :^D
Perhaps she was writing for a Western audience, but it is odd to hear an Orthodox refer to the Divine Liturgy as Mass. It is also odd to see her saying that she and her family gave up red meat and dairy before Communion. All meat and dairy should be given up for all of Lent unless there are health problems and you have a blessing from your priest. Communion is not served daily in the Orthodox church, so I'm not sure what she is saying here. I have always thought Ms. Wilson a personable woman, but frankly I agree with a friend's analysis of MBFGW-it should be called My Big Fat Self-Hating Greek Wedding. The movie was actually very un-Orthodox and even anti-Christian in many ways. Not to be held up for emulation.
http://howetokruse.blogspot.com/2008/02/orthodox-parish-in-shenzhen.html
Orthodox Easter in China--how cool is this?
Are you glad to be done with veganism, Rod?
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