There was a Russian couple at the Easter service today. When they heard me read the Gospel in Ukrainian (there’s a part of the service where people read in different languages), they left. These people, I’m telling you. Not only are they incapable of approaching a person and saying something human like “I’m so sorry, I hope your relatives are safe”, but they act like it’s our jets bombing their churches today when Orthodox Christians are at Easter service.
The number of times this happened, I can’t tell you. You’d think we are doing something to them, they act so insulted. But it’s one thing to walk out on a campus event and it’s a very different one to walk out on the most important Orthodox holy day.
Ultimately, this Russian couple spoiled their own Easter. I stayed and had a great time. And it’s a great metaphor for the entire history of Russia. They don’t want to participate because reality wounds them and then they blame everybody else for being excluded.
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