Akathistos

I started reading this book last night.  I am not that far into it yet, but I am really enjoying what I am reading.  I really like this quote:
“Christian life is zeal, and the strength to remain in communion with God by means of an active fulfilment of His holy will, according to our faith [...]

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Found on Mimi’s blog.
What books have you read? Bold the ones you have read, italicize the ones you are planning on reading and underline the ones you loved:
1.Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen -One of my favorite of Austen’s
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien – I think I’ve started it at least [...]

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I’ll be back next week to share more from this interesting book.  A wonderful friend is visiting from out of town to help me out while both David and I are sick and my hubby is away.
See you then!

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Taken from Alana
The rules:
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.
Her natural abilities are attributed to God, as are most of her accomplishments, but she is clearly proud of them.  She is honest about her anger [...]

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Margarita Tuchkova and the Community (continued)
In 1837, on the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino, there was a service held on the spot where the battle had taken place.  The tzar was present, and overcome with Margarita’s piety, asked if there was any way that he could help her.  She replied that she [...]

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Almost a month ago, I began reading Holy Women of Russia. But I put it down for a while and, therefore, did not continue posting about it.
I started reading the book again today and decided to finish it during the Apostles Fast.  I plan to blog each day to share highlights from the sections I [...]

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I have recently begun reading Holy Women of Russia, and would like to share highlights from each section.  This book reveals the lives of five Orthodox women who served the Orthodox church in Russia.
After reading the section titled “A Historical Note”, which precedes the sections on the lives of these holy women, I [...]

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This morning I found a passage in Let Us Attend by Fr. Lawrence Farley that explains what I was trying to say in the previous post on this topic.
Though the English word for “mercy” has a rather juridical feel (recalling the plea of a condemned man for mercy and pardon from a judge), the Greek [...]

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The OCA website has the series “The Orthodox Faith” available online, as well as in a set of four books which can be purchased online from the Orthodox Christian Publications Center.
This set,commonly referred to as the Rainbow Series, is written by V. Rev. Thomas Hopko, the Dean Emeritus at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, and is a [...]

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Here is a reading schedule for “Great Lent” adapted for 2008 from the Orthodork Cafe. The sections are short and there are no readings on Sunday. This makes it a lot easier for someone like me who doesn’t typically have a large chunk of time to sit down and read. (How I [...]

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