tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284130410123072156.post1073840732953501698..comments2023-05-24T04:23:07.096-05:00Comments on Mark Liebenow - Grief (formerly Widowers Grief): Holy (Death) SaturdayMark Liebenowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096346779312780404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284130410123072156.post-52314865519071496722015-04-11T07:43:41.423-05:002015-04-11T07:43:41.423-05:00Gretchen, I'm sorry about your loss. Easter mu...Gretchen, I'm sorry about your loss. Easter must have been hard, feeling the close presence of death and separation from one you loved. Thank you for sharing this! I love hearing about the traditions of other religious communities.Mark Liebenowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03096346779312780404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284130410123072156.post-6611836855195465932015-04-11T07:37:53.705-05:002015-04-11T07:37:53.705-05:00Gretchen, thank you for sharing this! I love heari...Gretchen, thank you for sharing this! I love hearing about the traditions of other religious communities.<br />Mark Liebenowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03096346779312780404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284130410123072156.post-36613354778782548632015-04-10T23:39:45.096-05:002015-04-10T23:39:45.096-05:00I have recently become a widow and discovered anot...I have recently become a widow and discovered another link between Holy Saturday and grief, which I just wrote a blog post about tonight. In the Orthodox tradition we do dress in black for all the services of Holy Friday, but on the next day we think about how Christ is busy delivering souls from Hell, so it's the beginning of our Easter celebration. (And this year our remembrance of the Resurrection is a week later than the western churches.)<br /><br />I'm looking forward to browsing here some more now that this topic has become is my intense experience. Thank you for writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com