Vasily and the Dragon: A Review

Vasily and the Dragon: A Review

I think it’s fair to say that, after the Theotokos, St. Nicholas is the Orthodox Church’s most beloved saint. He is the patron of more countries and causes and churches and people than any other saint. We celebrate his feastday every year on December 6. We honor him...
King Island Christmas: A Review

King Island Christmas: A Review

There is so much going on in King Island Christmas, and so many reasons you need to get it, that I hardly know where to begin. King Island Christmas is based on events that occurred in the winter of 1951. Rie Muñoz and her husband were teachers at the school that the...
Have a Happy Special Needs Halloween

Have a Happy Special Needs Halloween

For many kids, Halloween ranks right up there with Pascha and Christmas on their list of favorite holidays. Costumes, candy, wandering about the neighborhood after dark, when things are scary but not too scary – what’s not to like? But a special needs Halloween is...
Good King Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia

Good King Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia

It’s the Feastday of St. Wenceslas! I know, we all think of him at Christmastime, when “Good King Wenceslas looked out on the Feast of Stephen.” But, as the song says, it’s the Feast of Stephen that follows the Nativity of our Lord, not the...
Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

You need to make chocolate chip cookies today, because today is Chocolate Chip Cookie Day! It’s also the Sunday of the Myrrhbearing Women. Of the two, the latter is by far the more important. The myrrhbearing women were the first to know that Jesus had been raised...

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