Weekend recap.
Did nothing on Saturday except sleep and bludge around. I needed and deserved a break from small children for one day.

Sunday was an interesting day. The people I live with found out where the Greek Orthodox Church is in Seoul. There is one church in every major city in Korea, which I think is pretty cool since there are only 3000 or so Greeks here. From where I live it was only one transfer to that place. I only realised this week how central Subway Line 2 is and how close I am to everything.



This is a view of the cathedral fromn the street just outside Aogae Station. It's one of those places that you would miss if you weren't standing right in front of it.



The front entrance of the cathedral. Typical of Orthodox churches.

Getting to the cathedral was pretty easy. What surprised me though was the number of people there that weren't Greek (at least the non-Koreans didn't look Greek to me). And what was really surprising was that while I was inside the cathedral there was a bible study (I got there about 1pm, so after the liturgy) in Korean. Next time I will be dressed as is fitting a place of worship.

Here you can see the bells that were a gift from the Hellenic Republic to Korea. They are normally only rung at major festivals. But it is to the deacon's discretion as each diocese takes guidance from the patriarchy only (self-automonous in most respects)



The translation in Greek says "Established 1978. A gift from the Hellenic Republic. These three bells were cast in the forges of the Hellenic Army".



This is the event hall that was built with a donation from the naval corporation "Eletson Corporation in Piraeus". Well, this is the plague on the building anyway.



The cathedral also has a guest book for intrepid travellers like me. I was glad to see that people from all sorts of countries have visited this cathedral.