This morning we awoke to lots of snow! We decided to give the Russian Orthodox Church a try this time. We arrived to a very tiny church-St. Sophia's. It was quite an interesting experience. The service was very similar to a Catholic mass- but much more formal. The entire mass was "chanted" and included lots of ritual. Despite the formality and tradition (all the women in attendance wore dresses and scarves over their hair and the priest was very formally dressed in blue, white, and silver robes), people came and went and most sat on the floor. The children were very quiet and well-behaved. After 2 hours, Kathy and I decided to quietly sneak out. We would have loved to take some photos indoors, but decided out of respect to keep our cameras in our pockets. Notice the number of bars on the Russian Orthodox cross.
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