LL-L "Traditions" 2006.04.16 (06) [E]

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   L O W L A N D S - L * 16 April 2006 * Volume 06
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From: Hugo Zweep <Zweep at bigpond.com>
Subject: LL-L "Traditions" 2006.04.16 (05) [D/E/Finnish/German/Swedish]

Gabriele
First of all, welcome back. Good to see you recovering, albeit slowly.

By co-incidence, today's (Monday 17 April) Sydney Morning Herald describes
something I hadn't heard of or seen before. I'll quote

"In darkness, just as a stricken Mary Magdalen might have come searching for
the tomb of Jesus, parishioners of St James's Anglican Church in the city
(Sydney) arrived to await the dawn of the most joyous day of the Christian
calendar.

Stifling yawns, they gathered at 5am as the pascal candle, symbolising the
renewal of the church and God's presence, was lit from a fire in a brazier.

As the city slumbered, they solemnly filed into their darkened church, where
the sacred flame was passed to each congregant until the dim church was
illuminated by flickering candlelight.

Then, as the first rays of dawn reached into the darkest corners of
Australia's oldest surviving church, the congregation broke out in joyous
celebration.

Bells tolled, there was an organ fanfare, horns sounded, candles were
swapped for sparklers and there were streamers."

My (strayed Catholic) wife tells me that the candles at Easter are common in
Catholic churches and as St James in Sydney is an Anglican High Church (in
the Catholic tradition) the connection seems obvious. I have also seen this
candle lighting in a Sydney Russian Orthodox Church. The lighting up
therefore seems to pervade many traditions - just that the lowlanders may
have a touch of pyromania.

Hugo Zweep 

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