And my Name Day! Today is the Feast Day of my patron saint, Mary of Egypt. Over the years I’ve…
A Pandemic Observed What Mourning My Husband and Son Taught Me about the Fear of Death I’ve been trying to…
Saint Mary of Egypt Today, April 1, is the Feast Day of my patron saint in the Orthodox Church. Mary…
The Akathist Hymn In lieu of writing a personal post, I’d like to share this wonderful You Tube video from…
What is the Psalter? The Psalter is the book of Psalms divided into 20 sections called kathisma (singular) or kathismata…
For the first seven or so years of our marriage, my husband and I did not celebrate Christmas. As I…
I thought that when I quit drinking in September of 2017, that it was the hardest thing I’d ever done.…
Today is the Feast of Transfiguration in the Orthodox Church. (Read about this feast at the icon here.) I went…
Two weeks ago I mentioned a book I’m reading, Time and Despondency: Regaining the Present in Faith and Life, by…
Today is known in the Orthodox Christian Church as the “Leave-taking of Pascha.” (Here’s a talk given on this topic…