now they're doing it on Saturday too?

[ratcreature]

Did I forget about some frelling Christian holiday again? The obnoxious bells of the nearby church (well, two blocks away from me, but it's not as if they weren't designed to be heard widely) have been loudly ringing for some time now, but it's Saturday, not Sunday, and usually the only bells I on Saturday are for the evening service, and that bell call is shorter too.

Gah, the double-paned, noise-reducing windows I have cope well with the traffic noise, but church bells always come through loud and clear. *headdesk*

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[wneleh.livejournal.com]

Well, it's the start of Ramadan, and the Fall Solstice (Mabon), and Rosh Hashanah started at sundown yesterday, so there's lots of holiday stuff going on, just not for Christians. If the church is UU, they could actually be doing something for one/all of the above.

- Helen

[ratcreature]

I don't think there even are any UU churches here. (That's Unitarian Universalist, right?) These splintered protestant churches (though is UU even still Christian? I'm never quite sure about that...) like in the US aren't all that common here.

The church in question is Lutheran, as most churches here are (in particular those with larger buildings and bells) because historically this has been a Lutheran area of Germany ever since the reformation. (Obviously there are a few catholic churches and greek- and russian-orthodox churches, and also other denominations because it's a large city, but the "default church" here is Lutheran, just like it would be Catholic in Southern Germany.)

[dragovianknight.livejournal.com]

Or maybe the Christians just want to get in on the holiday action the rest of us are having. :D

[wneleh.livejournal.com]

Must admit, I've been feeling a little left out.

We just got invited to a friend's house for brisket for dinner, though.

- Helen