I am glad that 400 souls came to St. John Chrysostom, especially in those mountains. Last year we also went to a smaller PLC in Transylvania and we remembered how they all sang together at vespers. Did they also have a job outside, with snow on the ground?
We also gathered in Krasnodar for such a PLC a couple of years ago, but 400 people is already a scale! I wonder if they managed to serve in the mountains and in the fresh air, as Ioana asks, or was it all inside the church? After such meetings, the whole world always bakes pies.
Here in Novi Sad, we had a similar meeting last year, but with 120 people, so these 400 in the Rocky Mountains really impress me. I wonder if they sang that troparion to St. John Chrysostom outside, as Ioana mentioned the snow - that would be something special. Tamara, after yours in Krasnodar, did you bake those big pies with cabbage or with cheese?
Tamara, in Yaroslavl, too, after such gatherings we always baked pies for the whole community, and then our hands ached for a week from the dough. And here, judging by the photo, the main service was inside the church, although a couple of times we went out into the fresh air - the mountains are right outside the fence. How many people gathered in Krasnodar then?
In Krasnodar, at such gatherings, usually 150-180 people gathered; no more could fit into the hall. Pies are a sacred thing, my back also ached afterwards, but everyone left well-fed. In Yaroslavl, did you bake every week after training camp or only on major holidays?
