mushroomFarm: This is not my first time attending the church here in Yakutsk, Russia (world's coldest city where I study) but I have decided to share my experience about church service in Russia (Yakutsk) with you guys today. . This city is 8 hours ahead of Nigeria which means we had concluded the service long before you guys woke up. But my university invited international students to a special program today so I couldn't post this until now. . The service begins with songs. Yakutians and Russians dance and wave flags. For instance they wave the red flag to symbolize salvation, white to symbolize peace and the flag of Israel to show love for the birth place of Christ. . After series of songs the bible is read and the junior pastor say a few things about the verse that is read. . . Then the senior pastor would preach the sermon. . After which we hug each other now I love this part😘😘😘 and I try to avoid the men and hug the ladies...😍 . . After this we go to the dinning room and eat. . This is what I love most about the church here. There is nothing like offering and tithe. But we eat heavily every Sunday! . . The first time I arrived here in Yakutsk and went to church, there was this lady that came to me after service and asked me if I am not cold (I didn't have winter clothes yet) she told me even if I were not cold then, I would feel terribly cold when the winter gets tough. She took me to the stores in her car and bought me winter clothes, winter boots, mufflers, winter gloves, etc. . . This is the coldest city in the world and those clothes are needed for survival. Infact even with those clothes, at minus 63 degrees you must not stay outside for more than 30mins to an hour. You would be finished!! (So imagine not having those clothes) .
. Her name is sister Natalia and she is so nice (and other people from church too) to the point that I was beginning to wonder if something else was not involved. . . One day I asked her why she does those things and how the church is able to finance feeding everyone every Sunday without taking offerings. . . She said some people in the church makes secret donations...to do those things. She said they are not rich, they are just reciprocation the love of Christ. She said a brother from church also give enough money to buy winter clothes for every new African student in the city! Those clothes cost about 250k in Nigerian money. . . I can say that 30% of our feeding here is financed by the church. They send us chickens and meat from time to time. Lots of cucumbers, vegetables, rice and potatoes... . . The church believes when people come to the presence of Christ, they should be physically blessed just like Christ fed his multitudes. They have up to 20 varieties of food and they often force us to pack food home. They say if we do not go with the food, they would get spoilt anyway. They make them in excess every Sunday so that no one would go without being filled. . . Sisters in church are very free with boys (including internationals like us) they hug us like we are truly brothers and the women often hug and give us kisses on the cheek (reciprocating the love of Christ) . . The preacher is a woman. She is Ukrainian. The church here does not preach hell at all. Quiet weird. They only talk about the love of Christ. Little wonder it really shows in everyone of them. You could easily mistake the friendliness of everyone in church for 'love interests' they show that love tooooooo much. . Women and men should leave their head uncovered in church. No one would send you out if you do otherwise. But that is the norm here. . Korean girls in church wear very skimpy dresses. No one seems bothered about it. . . Below is a video of a choreography performed by some of the teenagers in church. .
mushroomFarm: This is not my first time attending the church here in Yakutsk, Russia (world's coldest city where I study) but I have decided to share my experience about church service in Russia (Yakutsk) with you guys today. . This city is 8 hours ahead of Nigeria which means we had concluded the service long before you guys woke up. But my university invited international students to a special program today so I couldn't post this until now. . The service begins with songs. Yakutians and Russians dance and wave flags. For instance they wave the red flag to symbolize salvation, white to symbolize peace and the flag of Israel to show love for the birth place of Christ. . After series of songs the bible is read and the junior pastor say a few things about the verse that is read. . . Then the senior pastor would preach the sermon. . After which we hug each other now I love this part😘😘😘 and I try to avoid the men and hug the ladies...😍 . . After this we go to the dinning room and eat. . This is what I love most about the church here. There is nothing like offering and tithe. But we eat heavily every Sunday! . . The first time I arrived here in Yakutsk and went to church, there was this lady that came to me after service and asked me if I am not cold (I didn't have winter clothes yet) she told me even if I were not cold then, I would feel terribly cold when the winter gets tough. She took me to the stores in her car and bought me winter clothes, winter boots, mufflers, winter gloves, etc. . . This is the coldest city in the world and those clothes are needed for survival. Infact even with those clothes, at minus 63 degrees you must not stay outside for more than 30mins to an hour. You would be finished!! (So imagine not having those clothes) .
. Her name is sister Natalia and she is so nice (and other people from church too) to the point that I was beginning to wonder if something else was not involved. . . One day I asked her why she does those things and how the church is able to finance feeding everyone every Sunday without taking offerings. . . She said some people in the church makes secret donations...to do those things. She said they are not rich, they are just reciprocation the love of Christ. She said a brother from church also give enough money to buy winter clothes for every new African student in the city! Those clothes cost about 250k in Nigerian money. . . I can say that 30% of our feeding here is financed by the church. They send us chickens and meat from time to time. Lots of cucumbers, vegetables, rice and potatoes... . . The church believes when people come to the presence of Christ, they should be physically blessed just like Christ fed his multitudes. They have up to 20 varieties of food and they often force us to pack food home. They say if we do not go with the food, they would get spoilt anyway. They make them in excess every Sunday so that no one would go without being filled. . . Sisters in church are very free with boys (including internationals like us) they hug us like we are truly brothers and the women often hug and give us kisses on the cheek (reciprocating the love of Christ) . . The preacher is a woman. She is Ukrainian. The church here does not preach hell at all. Quiet weird. They only talk about the love of Christ. Little wonder it really shows in everyone of them. You could easily mistake the friendliness of everyone in church for 'love interests' they show that love tooooooo much. . Women and men should leave their head uncovered in church. No one would send you out if you do otherwise. But that is the norm here. . Korean girls in church wear very skimpy dresses. No one seems bothered about it. . . Below is a video of a choreography performed by some of the teenagers in church. .
Second picture is with me with my American classmate and a Korean girl(after church) . Third picture is me with sister Natalia . .
You are not fighting war? 🙄😁
Hahaha.Dont mind me o.am typing fron another russian city in core Eastern Europe, just 2hrs ahead of nigeria. Gmt +3 zone.
Russia has over 10 time zones. And time zones in Siberian parts of Russia are farthest. And places in Siberian Russia like Yakutsk, are too cold. Bruh wetin u find go Siberian Russia sef?
Russia's most populated & warmest cities are in ( East) Europe. Eastern europe part of Ru rocks. Viz st petersburg; Moscow; Tartastan republic with sweet cities like Kazan, etc all in Eastern europe rocks .
This summer sha, Try visit Russia's warmest city SOCHI ; also the longest city in Europe . Make u update post us. It has similar temperatire ranges with NICE, FRANCE🇫🇷
And now you are observing firsthand some of the qualities of Western culture and society. Qualities which bring forth great benefits, allowing for a great number of people to flourish and prosper. Qualities which are freely available for anyone to adopt.
damble: Bro, I can categorically tell you there are some RCCG parishes that feed members after the church service on sundays....
Na some church members dey pay for the food you hate paying Tithe and offering for....
Your church in Russia preaches love and not hell... They know what people like hearing. Believe it or not, hell is real
Exactly! Someone paid for the food. If everyone goes there just to eat free food, a time will come when there will be no more food to share. It's more blessed to give than it's to receive. That's one thing we Africans failed to understand we love receiving aids without giving.
Machinegun91: Tell Russia to stop attacking Ukraine if truly they preach Christ like life
shebi his Papa na Putin, why don't you take a flight to Moscow and tell Putin yourself. You live somewhere in ikorudu, your next meal no even sure, fuel price don hike, that meagre salary you dey earn no fit feed you again, yet youre more concern about ukraine, no be madness be that. Instead make you enjoy this beautiful thread, unfortunate soul like you dey talk something else.
I bet you're surprised to read this part of Russia, something you mor0ns will never see on CNN, when we tell you, you dumb0s are being brainwashed una go dey drag legs. Im sure you're in shock, unlike your almighty USA, that church is 100% safe, no sicko no fit carry gun enter shoot everybody
Let me keep this space too, when I was looking to see the Russian Orthodox church, the church that prays for soldiers to go to war and kill people, but this one is different, though the bible said that """""cursed be the one that withhold his sword from drawing blood"""'' THE "SWORD" HERE IS THE WORD OF GOD, THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT. drawing the blood here is telling someone that they are in the wrong if they are actually in the wrong, the love of Jesus Christ is not all about food and drink, if whatever you do or accept didn't take you to salvation at the end, it's a waste, I like the part of not forcing people to pay tithe, but we should not forget that it's people that contribute the money to pay for the foods, what's the difference between us and THOSE? Back here some of us will call them MUGU
See civility unlike naija wey person wey no pay tithe no go get special prayer. Secret donations over there unlike here wey them go give u mic make u announce ur special offering. We dey reason backwards for naija. Tueh!
Maybe North Korea since the country has good relationship with Russia..They might also be Siberian girls considering the location (North Russia). Native siberians look Korean/chinese.
mushroomFarm: This is not my first time attending the church here in Yakutsk, Russia (world's coldest city where I study) but I have decided to share my experience about church service in Russia (Yakutsk) with you guys today. . This city is 8 hours ahead of Nigeria which means we had concluded the service long before you guys woke up. But my university invited international students to a special program today so I couldn't post this until now. . The service begins with songs. Yakutians and Russians dance and wave flags. For instance they wave the red flag to symbolize salvation, white to symbolize peace and the flag of Israel to show love for the birth place of Christ. . After series of songs the bible is read and the junior pastor say a few things about the verse that is read. . . Then the senior pastor would preach the sermon. . After which we hug each other now I love this part😘😘😘 and I try to avoid the men and hug the ladies...😍 . . After this we go to the dinning room and eat. . This is what I love most about the church here. There is nothing like offering and tithe. But we eat heavily every Sunday! . . The first time I arrived here in Yakutsk and went to church, there was this lady that came to me after service and asked me if I am not cold (I didn't have winter clothes yet) she told me even if I were not cold then, I would feel terribly cold when the winter gets tough. She took me to the stores in her car and bought me winter clothes, winter boots, mufflers, winter gloves, etc. . . This is the coldest city in the world and those clothes are needed for survival. Infact even with those clothes, at minus 63 degrees you must not stay outside for more than 30mins to an hour. You would be finished!! (So imagine not having those clothes) .
. Her name is sister Natalia and she is so nice (and other people from church too) to the point that I was beginning to wonder if something else was not involved. . . One day I asked her why she does those things and how the church is able to finance feeding everyone every Sunday without taking offerings. . . She said some people in the church makes secret donations...to do those things. She said they are not rich, they are just reciprocation the love of Christ. She said a brother from church also give enough money to buy winter clothes for every new African student in the city! Those clothes cost about 250k in Nigerian money. . . I can say that 30% of our feeding here is financed by the church. They send us chickens and meat from time to time. Lots of cucumbers, vegetables, rice and potatoes... . . The church believes when people come to the presence of Christ, they should be physically blessed just like Christ fed his multitudes. They have up to 20 varieties of food and they often force us to pack food home. They say if we do not go with the food, they would get spoilt anyway. They make them in excess every Sunday so that no one would go without being filled. . . Sisters in church are very free with boys (including internationals like us) they hug us like we are truly brothers and the women often hug and give us kisses on the cheek (reciprocating the love of Christ) . . The preacher is a woman. She is Ukrainian. The church here does not preach hell at all. Quiet weird. They only talk about the love of Christ. Little wonder it really shows in everyone of them. You could easily mistake the friendliness of everyone in church for 'love interests' they show that love tooooooo much. . Women and men should leave their head uncovered in church. No one would send you out if you do otherwise. But that is the norm here. . Korean girls in church wear very skimpy dresses. No one seems bothered about it. . . Below is a video of a choreography performed by some of the teenagers in church. .
Your American class mate is brave staying in Russia. I have a western country passport but will never travel to countries not friendly to the west before I get used for bargaining chip.
The dark haired pretty girl is American according to OP. She looks Indian (Punjabi).
Maybe North Korea since the country has good relationship with Russia..They might also be Siberian girls considering the location (North Russia). Native siberians look Korean/chinese.
lol don't get brainwashed by the MSM, there are millions of Americans living in Russia. The fact that Britner (the American Basketball player) who is a famous person was used as a political bargaining chip doesn't mean Russia is a hostile country towards Americans or Europeans. I'm pretty sure Putin wouldn't give a rats arse about you
Goodlady: Life from a good side. I feel like crying if I should tell you what church in Nigeria is. Church that can't feed it's main members is saying they wanna evangelize or spread in a neighborhood or a state. They ll spread and later over spread that if one of them is in dire need of ordinary N50K, they ll be too poor to assist. Why not spread a little so that your resources won't be overstretched. Afterall, the evangelism you are doing is meant for new areas and not a concentration in one place whereby it's now obvious parishes there exist for biz purpose. Let's leave that side, I v heard a lot about good stuffs in Russia. What I dislike is the Putin invading Ukraine. The body if Christ ll exercise patience to the nearest minimum with Ukraine. They don't be the first to attack sef. Islamists & Islamic countries are in love with how Russia is defying the west and attacking Ukraine. Ayatollah Khomeini said the fight is good news to the cos it's crusaders vs crusaders. He even said Russia started crusades. Meaning, those eye service islamists no like Putin but are pushing him to fight the west knowing that one of them ll go down. One of them is that bald head fowl looking Turkish president, Teyrcip Erdogan. But Jehovah ll intervene.
In all, Russia is indeed beautiful.
I like your analyses but pls leave Nigeria out of all these comparisons. We are the kind of people we are and we will continue to live this way...
Exactly! Someone paid for the food. If everyone goes there just to eat free food, a time will come when there will be no more food to share. It's more blessed to give than it's to receive. That's one thing we Africans failed to understand we love receiving aids without giving.
Not just someone, a privileged entity paid for that. You have to be in comfortable system to be inspired. But the situation in nija is, you must give even when it's not convenient, so you can receive(fraud). There are a lot of africans who make heavy donations to special homes.
now I love this part😘😘😘 and I try to avoid the men and hug the ladies...😍