
Our first Sunday in a brand new city. Everything is foreign and they don't even use the same alphabet! It made me feel very homesick and unsure of myself.
The day was spent taking a walk down the street our hotel was located in, Bulevar Oslobođenja, and seeing where it goes. We acquired a tourist map of Belgrade from the hotel and then we where off like Christopher Columbus looking for India.
Our first discovery was the church on the photograph above. This is St Sava's Cathedral and is quite impressive with it's white tall walls and green roof. We were fortunate to be next to the cathedral at noon and were blessed with the thundering sounds of three immense bells ringing out.
Why do churches have bells?
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Church bells.
In Ancient times used in the worship of "Bel" or "Belus" or "Baal" in Babelonian times, and later the worship of Osiris in Egypt. Paulinus, bishop of Nola (Italy) brought them into the church in 400AD, a practice sanctioned late by Pope Sabinian in 604AD. Bell and priests go together - rarely will priests perform official ceremonies without the use of bells (big or small). This is true for all religions derivative of the ancient mystery religions.
When I was on a trip in Israel, the tolling of bells became very special and significant to me. I like to think that the bells are calling folks in the area to a place where the Good News could be heard.
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