Jesus, God of my heart, come and unite me to Thyself forever.
Posted in Saints on Jul 28th, 2008
My daughter’s little friend, Myra Irene, celebrates her very first namesday today. Myra was born about three weeks after Grace (Grace turns one on Friday!).
Originally slated to wed the Emperor, St Irene went to the monastery of Chrysovalantou, and immediately engaged herself in vigils and prayer. She then replaced the Abbess very early on, and [...]
Posted in Saints on Jul 22nd, 2008
Markella was born and lived in the village of Volissos of Chios and lived during the fourteenth century. Her mother was a devout christian but her father was an idolater. At a young age, her mother passed away and Markella continued to study her bible, pray to God and live a life according to what [...]
Posted in Saints, Saints Who Were Mothers on Jul 17th, 2008
Saint Militsa was the mother of St Stephen, and was known for her quick wit and her pious life. She founded the Lubostina women’s monastery, in which she was tonsured with the name Eugenia. She died at the monastery as a schema-nun on November 11, 1405.
It appears that she is commemorated on both July 19th [...]
Posted in Saints, Saints Who Were Mothers on Jul 7th, 2008
Saint Euphrosyne, in the world Eudokia, was the daughter of the Suzdal prince Demetrius Constantovich (+ 1383), and from 1367 was the wife of the Moscow Great Prince Demetrius of the Don. Their happy union was for Russia a pledge of unity and peace between Moscow and Suzdal.h
The holy princess was a builder of churches. [...]
Posted in Saints, Saints Who Were Mothers on Jul 5th, 2008
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna of Russia (February 24, 1864 – July 18, 1918) Elizabeth was the second child and daughter of Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, a daughter of Queen Victoria. In the winter of 1878, diphtheria swept through the Hesse household, killing both Elizabeth’s youngest [...]
Posted in Saints, Saints Who Were Mothers on Jul 3rd, 2008
This is the beginning of something that I have been thinking about for a while: focusing on saints who were mothers.
Since many of my readers are mothers, I think it would be nice to look at saints who walked a similar path to ours. So often, I think of saints as people who were unmarried [...]
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!
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!
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 [...]
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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