If to take midnight for a reference point Great Thursday has begun for me on the third floor of ambassadorial club, where, usevshis around of a piano, choristers peered sleepy eyes at musical signs blurring on rulers. We do greater successes: major church chanting come to an end not only in a major, but also in the set tonality; are studied all chetvergovye church chanting. Tired, but happy we come back home: on bridges through the channel by sleepy swans, tropinochkami between dismissed and preparing to be dismissed bushes, past poklonnogo a cross directly to a round gate sleeping Fanzy...
How many to people has gathered for service! People cost a dense wall; it is not audible neither conversations, nor fuss, even babies behave silently. Surprisingly, in Fanze there are no painted walls and an iconostasis - the improvised throne, some icons are placed on tables, a candlestick, and that one, on gornem a place instead of a face of the Savior - a roll with the blossoming branch of plum represented on it. And still for a minute you do not cease to feel, that it is Church, which force - in its unity.
The participle Begins. We begin to sing an involved verse. People are restricted to the Bowl, start to echo, and in a minute Fanza is filled harmonous firm: " Body Hristovo accept, the Source immortal vkusite ".
The Sun almost in zenith, ahead - five hours of a free time. We are sent to look the Temple of the sky located near to city centre.
The Taxi operates the woman of average years - here, in China, the woman at the wheel is not perceived as act of nature. Our car dexterously maneuvers in a noisy stream in which buses have mixed up together, automobile machines, desperate bicyclists and the most improbable velokonstruktsii. We go on estakade - through rods of protections flashing every second skyscrapers, the pagodas, the bent roofs are carried by by the staff of an old film.
Here and Tjantan, the Temple of the sky, a construction of an epoch of a dynasty of Mines where emperor worshipped to gods of the sky. Low walls emphasize open space of the areas. The abundance of circles in a lay-out, and tiles - all reminds blue color of walls of the sky. And above each site of vacant space soar kites - what only is not present: eagles and more harmless birds, butterflies, dragonflies and even fishes!
As the temple complex is fine, nevertheless it was pleasant to come to be in park among a blossoming honeysuckle and dismissed trees. At an output we were expected with the present surprise - usypannaja nimbuses of unique pink color an Oriental cherry, probably, local sight at which the whole turn with cameras has gathered.
Before evening service we send to have a bite in small restaurant nearby to embassy. The young waitress with interest watches all actions of father Dionisija. " And I know, that you now did. You prayed, - it hardly is not dared for pleasure. - my mum - hristianka, I too kreshchenaja, but in church go seldom. And why you so strange pray? We pray blindly and hands here so we put ". It has combined before herself palms.
We Try to explain to it, that such Orthodoxy. The girl is surprised: " I thought, that all Christians identical ". Does not depart from our table: tea will pour that, for utensils will correct. Then brings a plate with the cut fruit: " It to you in a gift ". We have risen to pray, and it has risen beside, has crossed, the person sijaet a smile. " All to you kind, the kindest! "