Akathistos

Transposzing has a great post called “In Anticipation of the Feast”.
I don’t remember the kneeling vespers service, possibly because I have never been to one.  Being Orthodox only one year and having two babies in less then two years, I have missed a lot.  I am excited for this service!

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Today is my husband’s namesday, and I was wondering: how does your family celebrates Namesdays?
Leave your answers in the comments section and I’ll share them in later post.
Bartholomew/Nathaniel

Nathaniel Bar Tolmai was a native of Cana chosen to be among the 12 Apostles and praised for his sincerity. The synoptic gospels and the [...]

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Although, we did not have our second child to keep her big brother company (she was in fact “a surprise”- “surprise” number two to be exact), but this cartoon is a good depiction of my day-to-day life. David on my heels with Grace right behind him. However, more accurately, it is Grace literally [...]

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Not Orthodox by any means, How My Mother’s Fanatical Views Tore Us Apart written by Rebecca Walker, the daughter of Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker, is an interesting look at the effects of feminism.

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Found on Maggie’s sidebar:

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And when they had brought them, they set them before the council.  And the high priest asked them, saying, “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name?  And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man’s blood on us!”   But Peter and the other apostles [...]

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I wanted to post these photos a while back, but I haven’t had a chance. We were able to visit New Skete Monastery when we went back to NY to visit family for the holidays.

New Skete Monastery

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I will openly admit that I do not know the Bible as well as I should.  So this Lent, I have decided to read through the New Testament (wish me luck!).  I started today at the beginning and quickly realized that I know a lot of the book of Matthew by memory.  This, admittedly,  is [...]

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The other day while I was washing dishes at my kitchen sink, I heard a loud crash and looked up to see an SUV crashing into a tree. My backyard looks out onto a farm and parallel to the farm is a main road. I went outside to see what happened and discovered [...]

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I promised a real post, but we’ve ALL been sick for a week now.
I just wanted to let you know that I will be coming back soon…. with something interesting to say (hopefully)!

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