The Scandalous Mary of Egypt
Guest post by Grace Brooks When I set out to write my book for young readers called Queen Abigail the Wise, I knew that it was going to begin on the first Sunday of Lent and end on Pascha night. So naturally, it would include the fifth Sunday in Lent — the...
Upon the Annunciation and Passion
For Orthodox Christians on the New Calendar, today is the feast of the Annunciation. For western Christians, today is Good Friday. It would also be the Annunciation for them, but on the western liturgical calendar, when Good Friday falls on March 25, the celebration...
Groundhog’s Day and the Presentation of our Lord
It’s interesting to have a birthday on a holiday, like Halloween or St. Patrick’s Day. (Maybe not so much Christmas, since that holiday is so big that birthdays get forgotten.) It’s even more interesting to have a birthday that falls on two holidays. That’s me. My...
Christmas Eve and Theophany
If your parish is on the Old Calendar, today is Christmas Eve. If your parish is on the New Calendar, today is Theophany. If you’re in a bicalendar parish, today is at once Christmas Eve and Theophany, a day of fasting and a day of feasting, the final day of...THE MAGIC OF BOOKS
Share the joy of the Pascha through the magic of a book: Catherine's Pascha.
