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Faith on Friday: Most Holy Mother of God, Save Us!

August 12, 2016 Susan 2 Comments

We’re in the Atlanta airport waiting for our connecting flight to Denver. I was going to skip blogging today until…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dormition of Mother of God, Father John Breck, Father Stephen Freeman, Mother of God, Mother of God save us, Orthodox Church, Paraclesis Prayers, prayers to Mother of God, Theotokos

Faith on Friday: Paraclesis Prayers to the Mother of God

February 19, 2016 Susan

On Fridays at noon we pray what is known in the Orthodox Church as Paraclesis Prayers to the Mother of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: icons, Mother of God, Paraclseis Prayer to the Mother of God, prayer

Faith on Friday: A Stranger and You Did Not Invite Me In

November 20, 2015 Susan 5 Comments

My dear friends, Nawar and Reem Mansour gave me a beautiful gift a couple of years ago. It’s a volume…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple, icons, Mirabai Starr, Mother of God, Mother of God Similar to Fire, poetry, prayer, Syrian refugees to United States, William Hart McNichols

Faith on Friday: Wow

August 16, 2013 Susan

Back in February I did a blog post called “WOW: The Third Essential Prayer.” I had forgotten about that post…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Anne Lamott, Dormition of the Mother of God, faith, Help Thanks Wow, Mother of God, Orthodoxy, spirituality

Faith on Friday: Miraculous Icons and Riderless Donkeys

June 28, 2013 Susan

  In the Orthodox Church, Jesus and the saints aren’t the only ones who have special “feast days” in which…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: icons, miracles, monasteries, Mother of God, Mount Athos, Of the Three Hands, St. John Damascus

Meditation on Holy Monday: Mothers and Sons

April 29, 2013 Susan

The Lord goes to His voluntary Passion. We must accompany Him. This is the duty of anyone who confesses that…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Holy Monday, Holy Week, Mother of God, Orthodoxy, Passion of Christ, St. Theophan, Theotokos, To Thee the Champion, VA Hospital

Faith on Friday: The Cross—Foolishness or God’s Wisdom in a Mystery?

March 29, 2013 Susan 1 Comment

  Today is Holy (or Good) Friday for Catholic and Protestant Christians. And yet it will be five more weeks…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Akathist, Catholic, Christianity, Crucifixion, Good Friday, Holy Friday, icons, Kontakion, Lent, Mother of God, Orthodox, Protestant

The Dog Days of Summer and the Mother of God

August 3, 2012 Susan

What comes to mind when you think of the first two weeks of August? Last days of summer vacation? Final…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dormition, fasting, Father Stephen Freeman, feasting, Frederica Mathewes-Green, Mother of God, Orthodoxy, paraklesis, summer vacation

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