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Ruminating on the events of St. Stephen's martyrdom. St. Stephen’s Day in 2020/2021 - When, Where, Why, How is Celebrated? (holidayscalendar.com)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, one and all! I'm listening to this at the moment. Don't speak a lick of German, but the tunes really are beautiful for a Christmas morning.. Praetorius - Lutheran Mass For Christmas Morning - YouTube

A merry and most blessed Christmas to you all!

Busy feeling blessed at the moment. Came home awhile ago from The Nativity of Our Lord Candle Light Divine Service. No Communion, but we did have a regular Divine Service and we lit the candles and passed the candleflame to others to the strains of " Silent Night." Pastor's Message tonight was...

Prayers on the ascent for that.

She's doing a lot better now, thank you, @Krissy Cakes . Just resting up and trying not to get too wound up about things.

Setting up the Christmas tree in the sanctuary, the Candle light Christmas Eve service and the midweek Advent services are the only ones I'm aware of. The Candle Light service this year is limited to people who sign up before hand. The service became two services due to spacing requirements from...

Well, the sermon was actually about our spiritual wilderness experiences and everything that St. John the Baptist said that he was not. I also gained a bit of an education about young St. Lucy in the second century. I thought I'd just come home after services to rest up a little before I go in...

Getting reading for Divine Service for Gaudete Sunday. A large dose of coffee and four slices of butter toast for breakfast.

Thanks for clarifying that for me!

An idle question, but not maybe a bad one: is the Georgian Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox or Oriental Orthodox? Is the difference between the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox simply that of nomenclature, or are there serious theological disagreements as well?

Well on the road to recovery, thanks be to God! Medical regimen, rest and a lot of prayer works wonders.

Please pray for my mother Carol. She had a stroke yesterday. We expect her to be coming home today, but it still scared the hell out of us.

Probably out of his zeal for the Christian faith. At that time, when the church was gaining influence, I suppose that Ambrose would see any kind of religious " competition"* as a threat, be it Jewish, pagan, or Arian. His zealotry and his sense of diplomacy made him very popular among those...

" When in Rome, live in the Roman style, when you are elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere." This quote is attributed to St. Ambrose of Milan ( 339-397), celebrated as a doctor of the Church, whose commemoration is today, 07 December ( the date he was ordained as a bishop). He was a very...

Please pray for the son of one of my mother's cousins, who has pancreatic cancer. Please also pray for my minister, so that he can be uplifted and encouraged this Advent season. Please also pray for the intentions of Hope Lutheran Church in Manassas, VA, that her ministries might thrive. Thank...

Except for the odd bronchial situation, indeed I have, thank you!

Apart from the normal seasonal stuff, things are going well here, thank you. :D