Posts Tagged ‘Advent’
Andermas
The old (Church) year was seen off with Gule, of course, but it is appropriate to record here the manner in which Advent Sunday was marked. My colleague T. arranged for a service of Choral Evensong in the Kamuzu Academy chapel. Such rites are seldom performed in a chapel inspired by Presbyterianism and inclined…
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There fell today the first heavy rains: later than last year, so all the more welcome. November is an exercise in endurance: a succession of days that seem always the same under a burning sky, when that part of Malawi which is not European has the good sense to attempt as little of purposeful activity…
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