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On our final day in Florida, we attended Liturgy at Pres. Magda’s parish. I “met” Magda online a while ago and I’ve been reading her blog(s) ever since. Lucia and Ambrose are one week apart, and they had fun playing with each other.
Two of the songs that the children learned this summer: Charitina is in the middle of the front row, and David is all the way on the right.
In 1983, President Reagan issued a proclamation creating a special day focusing on the sanctity of human life and the right to life. Since then, the National Sanctity of Human Life Sunday has been held on the Sunday in January that falls closest to the day on which the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. [...]
Elizabeth posted about this, and I wanted to share it, too. After the railways were built throughout Russia, churches took residence in them. Check out the last photo, which shows that this isn’t a modern phenomenon. photos from here
On Tuesday, before we left, we celebrated the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (see Luke 2:25-35) at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Cathedral in New Orleans. The church was founded in 1896, making it possibly the oldest Orthodox Church in America. The present building was build in 1985; it obviously survived Katrina, [...]
St Tikhon of Moscow said, “For love does not seek its own, it labors, sweats, watches to build up the brother: nothing is inconvenient to love, and by the help of God it turns the impossible into the possible…Love believes and hopes…It is ashamed of nothing…As an animal cannot exist without bodily warmth, So no [...]
