Admonitory Address to a Virgin – Gregory Nazianzen

Gregory Nazianzen.
ADMONITORY ADDRESS TO A VIRGIN.
Parqene, numfe Cristou,
(The Greek is of varied metre, arranged in lines of generally seven
syllables each.)
O bride of Christ on high,
Thy Bridegroom glorify!
Always thyself keep pure,
In word and wisdom sure,
That bright with Him all-bright
Thou e’er mayst dwell in light.
Far better spouse is He
Than earthly spouse could be:
Thy union happier far
Than mortal [...]

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Explaining the Balkans – Serbia and Kosovo

Finally! A writer has put the Balkans, or at least Serbia and Kosovo, into a perspective that the average American can understand without a PhD in Balkan history!! Julia Gorin in FrontPage Magazine has this wonderful paragraph in a longer, excellent article:
[...]
“To put this in perspective, with advance apologies to any offended ethnic groups: How [...]

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Licking the Bowl – -

When I was a child, My little Gam didn’t make cookies or cakes very often – mostly around Thanksgiving or Christmas. Occasionally for birthday, but usually, birthday cakes were from Mrs. Rhodes’ bakery. She would occasionally make custard or pudding, too. Each of those efforts, though would mean the same thing – licking the bowl!
There [...]

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I’m a Yellow Sharpie!

What Color Sharpie Are You? (25 Different Colors) Updated Again!

Yellow Sharpie
Element: Fire
Sense: Touch
Gemstone: Topaz
Some Qualities: Joy, Optimism, Enthusiasm
Fact: The Greeks believed it had power to increase strength while the Romans believed it had power to improve eyesight, and the Egyptians wore it to protect them from injury.
Take this quiz!

Quizilla [...]

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Feature Films Online!

I love watching movies. But as many DVDs as we have, there are many that are missing from the collection. Thanks to Susie, however, I can now watch some of my favorites on line!!
http://www.archive.org/details/feature_films
There are hundreds of movies, and you can use several strategies to browse them.
You might want to check ‘em out!

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No Valentines for You!

No Valentines For You!
by Robert Spencer
Posted: 02/14/2008
Good grief. No Valentines for you, Charlie Brown. At least not in Kuwait. And no roses or cards with red hearts for you, Lucy. Not in Saudi Arabia. The ever-tolerant Muslim world is now condemning Valentine’s Day.
Jamaan al-Harbash, a member of the Kuwaiti parliament, has called for [...]

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A Personal Synaxarion

Your first response probably is, What is a Synaxarion?? In Greek, Synaxis means a meeting or a conference. A Synaxarion can be either a simple listing of people or a detailed Who’s Who with biographies and references.
In the Orthodox Church, among the Russian groups, the most commonly used Synaxarion is that of St. Dimitri of [...]

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Classical Harmonica

Larry Adler, harmonica (1914-2001)
George Malloy, piano (1945)
Two compositions by Larry Adler:
‘Folk Song’ and ‘Nocturne’
If you are intrigued and go to YouTube, and should do a search, the “Adler Trio” is NOT Larry Adler.
Here are some more YouTube URLs in case you are interested (you may have to cut-and-paste – sorry!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGyN4ubAsF4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmC4SJ42Z-s

My, [...]

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Ulan Bataar’s Turtle Rock!!

Sent by my “Sis!!”  This is just Kewl!!

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Egypt recognizes Christian converts!!

From the Mideast.Jpost.com
Feb 10, 2008 14:26 | Updated Feb 10, 2008 16:19
Egypt recognizes Christian converts
By RACHELLE KLIGER, THE MEDIA LINE NEWS AGENCY
Twelve Egyptian converts to Christianity have had their conversions officially recognized by an Egyptian court.

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Are You a Geek Orthodox?

Are You a Geek Orthodox?
by Steve Lammert (thanks, Steve, my mind just wasn’t functioning today!)
I have come to the conclusion that there really *is* more that unites us than separates us. In fact, I have decided that most of us are really part of the same jurisdiction, after all: The Geek Orthodox. [...]

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My Little Gam – -

My grandmother didn’t get enough credit. She was the mainstay of my grandfather. Typical wife of an upwardly mobile middle-class man of the 20’s, 30’s and early 40’s. They married in college, he went to war (WW I) after ensuring the next generation. He fought in France under Black Jack Pershing and knew George Patton. [...]

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How Old is the Orthodox Christian Church?

How old is the Orthodox Church?
If you are a Lutheran, your religion was founded by Martin Luther, an ex-monk of the Catholic Church, in the year 1517.
If you belong to the Church of England, your religion was founded by King Henry VIII in the year 1534 because the Pope would not grant him a divorce [...]

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Serbian Songs – -

A while ago, one of my Orthodox e-friends (riverdaughter) talked about a couple of CDs she had purchased from the Serbian Orthodox Monastery of St. Paisius in Arizona (Women’s Monastery). They contain both folk song tunes and composed music based on Serbian melodies with the words praising saints and the Theotokos (Mother of God).
Well, I [...]

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Appropriate Russian Mission Work

Now THIS is appropriate Russian mission work!! Protestants need to help the Russian Orthodox to get back on their feet instead of undermining the thousand year history of Russian Orthodoxy!!

The only problem with this video is the identification of the young man as a “priest.” He is not. He is [...]

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