Easter in Australia

Easter is a bigger deal over here than it is the states. Everybody takes off Good Friday through Easter Monday and there's a lot of commercialism associated with the holiday. There's been Easter candy in the grocery stores since I got here in February. There was also an extra church service this morning since today is Good Friday.

This is the church I've been going to over here. It's called St. Stephen's and it's roughly Anglican (although from what I understand, the Sydney Anglican churches have sort of broken away from the mainstream Anglican Conference). It's very different from my church in Lubbock, which is a Church of Christ, but the people are great and make me feel right at home.



Another thing that is a big deal around here is an amazing phenomenon called a "hot cross bun." They're great! They are a sweet bun usually with fruit (although I had one with chocolate) that they make at Easter time. The cross on top is to symbolize the crucifixion. We definitely need to get these in America!