 Seija
is part-time chaplain for the Lutheran Church and is also
chaplain to International
Students. She is one of the organisers of the International
Students Club which has just celebrated it's 20th year. Seija
also runs Bible Studies
for international students.
Seija originally comes from Finland but has lived and worked
in Bangkok (Thailand) and in Marseille (France). She is a
nurse by profession and is fond of dogs.
Tel 0113 343 7518
Email s.frears@leedsmet.ac.ukor s.frears@leeds.ac.uk
Links of Interest:
International Students Club
Lent Reflection:
“Why do you have Easter eggs?”
This question has been asked by International Students Several times this month as Easter is approaching.
The answer to this question actually explains the whole story of Easter in a simple way as follows: Easter eggs symbolise death and new life. The egg which looks hard on the outside and without life symbolises the death of Jesus Christ and more precisely, the tomb where he was laid after he died. Inside the hard egg shell is new life, which symbolises the resurrection of Jesus Christ as God, who got the victory over the power of death.
Lent is traditionally the six weeks period before Easter which has been a time of preparation and to mark that in a visible way people used to give up rich foods like meat, eggs, butter and cream.
During Russian Orthodox lent people didn’t eat eggs and in this way they had a lot of eggs in store to eat, to colour, to hide, to search…
The surprise that one can find inside some Easter eggs reminds us of the great joyful surprise that the women who went to Jesus’ empty tomb experienced.
Deaconess Seija Frears
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