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It's a crazy day today. Our oldest daughter has her "special friend" stop by; the house is a mess and I am ashamed. It's a loud, boisterous, crazy, whirlwind...

As we make these little wells with something golden and perfect in them, let us think of our friend St. Photina

We count on the Holy Spirit and will do our very best to hang ...Join me in prayer for our beloved Church as we await the Pentecost fire.

Creation is God’s way of revealing Himself, His nature, the part of Himself that is knowable, to us! Just as the personality of every artist

The sounds and sights and smells were all designed to help us remember the solemnity, the joy, the unity we share in the Risen Christ...

Our saintly friends are like little candles, carrying the light of Christ wherever they go! Remember St. Mary of Egypt!

When we find ourselves in need, God will always provide. Father Zosimas needed help to honor our friend St. Mary with a proper burial, yet he had no shovel....

As we near the end of the Great Fast reality begins to set in and we realize that we are not the saintly souls we had envisioned ourselves to be at the outse...

Happy Feast Everyone! Being a mother, and being that the Theotokos became a mother too on this day, this is one of my favorite feasts!

The fourth Sunday of the Great Fast, is dedicated to St. John Climacus and his most famous book, The Ladder of Divine Ascent.

During this time of the Fast, the Church knew that we would begin to grow weary and reconsider our commitment to fasting,

While planning our daughter Anastasia's wedding it occurred to us that not everyone has ever seen a Byzantine Crowning ceremony before...

Every first Friday evening a Canon, or prayer, composed by St. John of Damascus, to the Great Martyr Theodore is sung. The faithful may bri

If you're ready to take it to the next level, you might just want to consider incorporating raw food into your fasting adventure. Whether f

Someone in a facebook group I belong to asked a question this morning about fasting. She was concerned about the nature of the foods she and her family chos...

During the weeks before the Great Fast, it happens.  The questions from friends and family begin. "You fast from WHAT?" "What exactly do you eat?"   "Do the ...

Lists make everything easier for me, so I've developed a checklist of ingredients that I can begin collecting to gradually fill up my pantry

Once there was a little girl named Eusebia who lived with her wealthy Roman family in the fifth century. She was a very pious and thoughtful girl who loved ...

So on this day when we venerate the chains of St. Peter, we ask ourselves what it is that keeps our own soul shackled? Could we be enslaved

Ever since my children were very little I was sure to take a place with them right up front on the vigil of Theophany.