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nia_kantorka) wrote2015-05-15 12:13 am
nia_kantorka) wrote2015-05-15 12:13 am
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SED 13 - Talking about things...
Today's a holiday here. Though it's also Father's Day the holiday is due to our Christian roots aka Ascension Day. Though I'm not very religious (even though my upbringing was a traditional Catholic one due to my grandparents), I really appreciate all the holidays around Whit weekend.
Just if you have never thought about it (I learned that as a 10-year-old and still know this stuff - astonishing thing a brain): Easter is the Sunday after full moon after the beginning of spring, Whit Sunday is 50 days later (in German it's called Pfingsten which is closer to its Greek name pentekoste = fifty). Ascension Day is 10 days before Whit (which makes it always a Thursday) and Corpus Christi is always 10 days after Whit (always Thursdays too and another holiday here).
So, even if I don't like the bigotry and dogmatism of the Christian church (in general), I love that we still celebrate some dates that haven't changed for about fifteen hundred years now. Yeah, I know Jesus lived about two thousand years ago, but it took some time for his message to reach our country and even longer to persuade the Teutons to put their old religion aside. I think Mohammed's message travelled faster (as he lived 600 years later but around 1000 CE trouble between both religions had already started and both were quite settled).
Ok, enough religious stuff for today.
I read a brilliant and oh-so-sad story today. I knew it would be both- brilliant because it's from of my favourite authors (and fic authors) Mad_Lori/Jane Seville and oh-so-sad because it's a story about Sherlock who's dying here. I need to write a rec about it. On second thought, probably everyone who reads Sherlock fics has heard about Alone On the Water and it doesn't need to be recced anymore. I'm glad, I finally felt the need to read this wonderful, breathtaking and heart-wrenching story. But, God, it will probably be a while before I'm over it.
Just if you have never thought about it (I learned that as a 10-year-old and still know this stuff - astonishing thing a brain): Easter is the Sunday after full moon after the beginning of spring, Whit Sunday is 50 days later (in German it's called Pfingsten which is closer to its Greek name pentekoste = fifty). Ascension Day is 10 days before Whit (which makes it always a Thursday) and Corpus Christi is always 10 days after Whit (always Thursdays too and another holiday here).
So, even if I don't like the bigotry and dogmatism of the Christian church (in general), I love that we still celebrate some dates that haven't changed for about fifteen hundred years now. Yeah, I know Jesus lived about two thousand years ago, but it took some time for his message to reach our country and even longer to persuade the Teutons to put their old religion aside. I think Mohammed's message travelled faster (as he lived 600 years later but around 1000 CE trouble between both religions had already started and both were quite settled).
Ok, enough religious stuff for today.
I read a brilliant and oh-so-sad story today. I knew it would be both- brilliant because it's from of my favourite authors (and fic authors) Mad_Lori/Jane Seville and oh-so-sad because it's a story about Sherlock who's dying here. I need to write a rec about it. On second thought, probably everyone who reads Sherlock fics has heard about Alone On the Water and it doesn't need to be recced anymore. I'm glad, I finally felt the need to read this wonderful, breathtaking and heart-wrenching story. But, God, it will probably be a while before I'm over it.