Today through Friday, March 27th, we are offering a sale for the entire shop, but most especially our Pascha/Easter cards. Today is the "middlemost point" of the great fast. Look what the hymn at vespers says: "The Fast that brings us blessings has now reached its middlemost point: it has helped us to receive God's… Continue reading Time for a Sale!
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Leaping Up With Joy
As I mentioned in my last post, I have been reading the Lenten Triodion a bit each day. It is a rich resource of beautiful hymns and verses. Today it proved to be ever so rich yet again. We have come to the end of our first week of Great Lent. It was a beautiful… Continue reading Leaping Up With Joy
Lenten Triodion
Have you ever heard of the Lenten Triodion, the book? This is a book that holds all the hymns and special verses for all services from the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee (four Sundays before Lent begins) all the way through Holy Saturday, the day before the Resurrection of Christ. Mostly it just… Continue reading Lenten Triodion
Set Out With Joy
Those of us in the Eastern Orthodox Church begin the Great Fast tomorrow. We started today with a service called Forgiveness Vesper. You see, this great fast, Great Lent, is all about repentance and change. Changing me. We recognize we are sinners, we pray and fast and work towards communion with God. Lent is about… Continue reading Set Out With Joy
Today’s Readings
My scripture reading today brought to me by the lectionary specifically for this Saturday before Great Lent begins. It never ceases to amaze me the wisdom of the Church in the perfect readings for each season throughout the year. It really is beautiful. The epistle reading: Romans 14:19-23, 16:25-27 Therefore let us pursue the things… Continue reading Today’s Readings
Purpose
This post has been sitting in my drafts since January 9th. I just let it sit and I haven't looked at it until today. I'm glad I let it be for a bit and I'm glad I happened to open it up today. As we draw near to Great Lent, the time of repentance and… Continue reading Purpose
The End of Holy Week
On this, the last day of Holy week, the very end of our Lenten Journey to Pascha, I thought I'd share with you a tad about the Journey I took this week. In the Orthodox tradition of Holy Week we walk with Christ through his Holy Passion, each and every day of this week. Several… Continue reading The End of Holy Week
Beauty of Thy House
Smack dab in the middle of our Lenten Journey to Pascha and two weeks into a brand new job has made life quite interesting. Fruitful. Exciting. And really quite amazing. God is so Good! I started my new job the week after Lent started. It is so very exciting. I work part-time for an awesome… Continue reading Beauty of Thy House
The True Nature of Fasting
This past week I decided to read the Introduction to the Lenten Triodion, a book used when we put together our services during the weeks leading up to and through Great Lent. It is where we get our hymnography for these special services, scripture reading assignments and more. I've used this book for years when… Continue reading The True Nature of Fasting
Memorizing Scripture
Do you memorize scripture? I remember when I was young we always had memory verses to take home from Sunday School. I always took those challenges quite seriously. In vacation bible school once I had to memorize Psalm 23 and recite it in front of parents. It was scary, but I did it. And to… Continue reading Memorizing Scripture
Kindler of Joy! 