Easter - Sibiu - Sighisoara

Easter was very interesting to celebrate here! They said it was bigger than Christmas and I would have to say that it is true!  Easter is also celebrated twice here, the Catholics celebrate the same week as America and the Orthodox and Baptist celebrate it according to the Orthodox calendar. Which was a week later than Easter in America.

For Easter, they have fairs like they do at Christmas time. Not near as big but still fun to walk around. Below are pictures from the fair in Timisoara.

I also went to Sibiu to visit Bev who is another GEM missionary to celebrate Easter with her. Sibiu is in the middle of Romania and is a 7 hour train ride from Timisoara. It was fun to see another part of the country.  

The Easter celebrations start on Thursday evening with a communion service at church, and another service on Friday night for Good Friday. Saturday is spent cooking and getting any last minute things done and Sunday is Church and then off to lunch. For lunch we went to a Romanian couples house, and we ate tons of food! I think we where served 4 or 5 different courses! Below is who I had lunch with. 

In Romania many of the orthodox fast for the 40 days leading up to Easter, and then on Easter they stuff themselves! Because of this many people of rushed to the hospital to get their stomachs pumped! And usually they next day they have the statistics of many people went to the hospital.

 We also went to Sighisoara, which is a medieval city in Romania. It is a cute and colorful city and fun to visit!