244 Footsteps of Martin Luther; Orthodox Easter

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🗓️ 24 April 2011

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Retracing Luther's trek from Germany to Rome, a Lutheran pastor and her husband explain how they traveled as a way to encourage harmony among religious groups in the 21st century. We'll also hear how Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria and Greece get ready for Easter and why it's their biggest holiday of the year. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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0:00.0	People are rediscovering an age-old way to travel. In Europe, medieval pilgrimage trails are becoming gratifying excursions for people of all spiritual stripes.
0:10.0	Hi, I'm Rick Steeves. Coming up today on travel with Rick Steeves, we'll meet an American couple who
0:15.1	trailblazed the route Martin Luther walked 500 years ago, from his monastery in Germany all the way
0:20.3	to Rome. Germany is a culture that really values hiking so they have
0:24.9	tremendous numbers of beautiful walking trails everywhere.
0:28.3	However the going got trickier as they headed south and people celebrate Easter with lots of special traditions in the Eastern Orthodox world,
0:37.0	like sending a flame from Jerusalem to Athens every year as a symbol of the holiday.
0:41.0	That light brings health and luck and prosperity to your house.
0:46.4	Also in the yard of the church we have red eggs.
0:49.2	Friends from Greece and Bulgaria tell us the many ways they observe the Easter season.
0:54.0	Come get inspired in the hour ahead.
0:56.0	It's travel with Rick Steves.
1:00.0	Easter is a highlight of the year for Eastern Orthodox Christians.
1:04.0	Hi, I'm Rick Steeves.
1:06.0	Coming up in a bit on travel with Rick Steeves,
1:08.0	we'll learn about the holiday traditions they observe in Greece
1:11.0	and in Bulgaria, where modern celebrations incorporate symbolism
1:15.4	from its pagan past. Five hundred years ago this past January
1:19.5	Martin Luther was sent by his religious order to visit his superiors in Rome, the purpose
1:25.4	to try to iron out differences emerging between the communities of monks back in Germany.
1:30.3	Things didn't work out so well. Recently a Lutheran pastor from Virginia and her husband decided to try to recreate Luther's long pilgrimage
1:38.0	as a way to try to boost ecumenical efforts to bridge differences between Protestants and Catholics today.
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