Jesus, God of my heart, come and unite me to Thyself forever.
Posted in Icons, Uncategorized on Jul 1st, 2008
I received my package from Geri for the Orthodox Mom Travel Swap this weekend. And I’m going to Hawaii!! Thanks, Geri!
I would have liked to take a photo of how nicely everything was wrapped, but my son starting unwrapping before I could get my camera.
Geri included all sorts of wonderful things for my “trip” (you [...]
Posted in Family, Icons, Parenting, Pregnancy, Saints on Jun 30th, 2008
For my birthday this year (which, incidentally, fell on Palm Sunday), my wonderful husband commissioned a friend to write on icon of my patron saint,St. Melania the Younger.
I thought I had already posted a photo of my icon, but I had not.
What do you think? My husband is the best!
Monica at Orthodox Mother’s Digest is asking for us to email or send a link to photos of our prayer corners.
Here is our Prayer Corner:
Our home doesn’t have a very good set-up for a prayer corner, so ours is at the end of our hallway. We plan on looking for this feature in our [...]
Check out Suzanne’s post on St. Thekla at Icon New Media Network.
This photo was found here on flickr.
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Taken in a place with no name [...]
I have a dear friend whose life is consumed by the guilt, grief and sorrow caused by the abortions she had at a young age. She grieves the loss of her children- on due dates, on what would have been birthdates, and in watching other children grow. She misses the milestones that her children may [...]
Posted in Icons on Nov 7th, 2007
The precise title “Mother of God” goes back at least to the third or fourth century. The Greek title Theotokos (God-bearer) became the touchstone of the Church’s teaching about the Incarnation. The Council of Ephesus in [...]
The martyrs Alexander the Bishop, Heraclius the Soldier, Anna, Theodota, Elizabeth, and Glyceria were killed at Adrianopolis during the third century for their confession of Christ. This was a time when Christianity spread among the pagans. Despite the persecutions against the Christians, Bishop Alexander fearlessly converted and baptized many pagans into the holy saving faith.
The [...]
David has recently been getting “boo-boo”s all the time, even when he isn’t hurt. And every time that he gets one, he asks me to kiss it and then I say “all better”.
The other night we said our prayers and then David kissed his icon of Christ and said, “all better.” I had to hold [...]
This morning, Grace, our two month old, and I were sitting on the couch together when David, our almost-two year old, ran out of the room.
He came back with the two icons from his room: one of Christ and the other of his patron saint, King David. He took each icon and put it up [...]
Posted in Icons on Sep 27th, 2007
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