Easter virgil at Strasbourg Cathedral

My local parish church has merged with another - its been happening for a long time. And most of the important services are held in the Christ Resusité which is rather inaccessible. I wanted to go to the Easter Virgil. It is the most dramatic of services in France where the paschal fire is lit and the church goes from darkness into light. So we went to the Cathedral. Strasbourg has a famous gothic cathedral. Vinita, my Hindu friend, and Paula, normally Church of England, came along.

Strasbourg Notre Dame Cathedral

It was very dramatic. The fire, the organ music, the array of people in white garb all processing in. I am not sure how many bishops annd at least one archbishop. What does a white hat signify? We lit our little candles from each other and repeated our baptismal vows. I appreciated the fact that they ensured a varied representation of people serving. and there were women altar servers and different ethnicities. The acoustics were wonderful. I actually got the sermon. I know it is not supposed to be a spectacle but I was glad it was a wonderful service especially when I had the others with me.
Nothing else much to report except that it was a wet Easter and I did the tourist round with Paula. We had the obligatory tarte flambé flammkueche in Petite France and went into the Modern Art Museum. We looked at shop windows, had a drink at Le Gayot and went home.

Tarte flambé