Jesus, God of my heart, come and unite me to Thyself forever.
Posted in Prayer on Oct 24th, 2006
Recently I have been feeling very distant from, not God necessarily, but Faith. I’ve been sick for a few days and before that my son had a cold, so I haven’t been to church in a while. To add to that, we are going away this weekend, so that is another weekend missed. [...]
Posted in Saints on Oct 18th, 2006
As I was reading this story, I found many similarities between the nun in the story and Cinderella, and it started me thinking about how honorable it is to resemble someone who is considered low and worthless by society and is still a laudable and unresentful person. Both of these women, one fictional and [...]
Posted in Prayer on Oct 10th, 2006
Our priest sent this out in an email last week, an [...]
If you haven’t noticed yet, I love icons. This is very ironic because one of the things that I struggled with most about the Orthodox Church was the icons.
Growing up, I was always under the impression that any likeness of Christ could not be correct, and, therefore, it was unbiblical/unchristian to have images [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 5th, 2006
On Wednesday night we met with our catechism class for the first time. It was more of a getting-to-know-you-and-your-sponsors night, but it was nice to actually feel like we are getting started. We were accepted as catecumen in July and have been ready to start for a while now.
We didn’t really discuss much [...]
Posted in Books on Oct 3rd, 2006
When I first discovered St. Melania, I was immediately drawn to her, and now I know why: she is a “control freak”, or at least that is what Eleni C. Simmons says about her in this chapter of the book.
I can relate to that!
I found this section of the book interesting, not only because I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 3rd, 2006
“Prayer is a great weapon,a rich treasure,a wealth that is never exhausted,an undisturbed refuge,a cause of tranquility,the root of a multitude of blessings,and their source.”—St. John Chrysostom
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 2nd, 2006
You can go to this site to take a quiz to prove your knowledge of the Church and its artistry or this site to show what you know about Church figures and the saints. Good luck!
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 2nd, 2006
I was reading The Lives of the Saints Commemorated this day and thought this icon was very beautiful and decided to share her story:
The Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, a daughter of the Rostov prince Demetrius Borisovich, in 1294 became the wife of the holy Great Prince Michael Yaroslavich of Tver, who was murdered [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 2nd, 2006
This weekend, we visited The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Columbus, Ohio. It was amazingly beautiful.
The nave was literally convered in mosaics. We weren’t permitted to take any photos, but I managed to sneak one through a window. (You can go here to view a slideshow of photos on their site.) [...]
