David said he'd post here, but I suspect he's rather busy with his new, 9 pound, 51 cm baby boy, Ezekiel Frank Veli Passivirta.
Whooo Hooo! Congrats to Laurenn, hope it was an easy, smooth delivery and that Dave isn't in too bad shape!
Post pictures, quick!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
David's questions
I can only talk about the first one, and only from my own point of view and opinions. Yes, we are meant to be quiet in church.
The prayers after communion are supposed to be said (and heard) with the same reverence we give to the liturgy - we're thanking God for the gifts He's (he's?) given us, unworthy though we are. I dunno about you, but I can't really be thankful and concentrate on the prayers when I can barely hear them because everybody is chattering (please realize that I know I'm one of the chatterers a lot of the time. My monitor right now has a mirror over it and I'm talking to myself as much as everybody reading this.)
When we talk during service, we distract others from concentrating on the service, on the words and meanings and prayers that are being offered - on our behalf! - to God. So yes, it behooves us to shut up. Besides, I often get the feeling if God decided to answer back, we wouldn't hear Him (him?) for all the noise!
Grump grump grump. I'm being a bad tempered baba.
The prayers after communion are supposed to be said (and heard) with the same reverence we give to the liturgy - we're thanking God for the gifts He's (he's?) given us, unworthy though we are. I dunno about you, but I can't really be thankful and concentrate on the prayers when I can barely hear them because everybody is chattering (please realize that I know I'm one of the chatterers a lot of the time. My monitor right now has a mirror over it and I'm talking to myself as much as everybody reading this.)
When we talk during service, we distract others from concentrating on the service, on the words and meanings and prayers that are being offered - on our behalf! - to God. So yes, it behooves us to shut up. Besides, I often get the feeling if God decided to answer back, we wouldn't hear Him (him?) for all the noise!
Grump grump grump. I'm being a bad tempered baba.
Lenten Recipe
Okay, yes, very stereotypical, but what the hey - it's almost Lent and I'm feeling about as Lenten as if it were the day after Pascha, so maybe this will help get me thinking about Lent instead of chocolate.
This is an incredibly easy and quick recipe, and I make it often for church functions - notably the icon workshop.
I don't know what it's called.
1 large can diced tomatoes.
1 or 2 cans black beans.
1 or 2 cans creamed corn (and yes, creamed corn is Lenten - they use cornstarch, not cream - that's why it's called "cream-style" corn.)
cumin seed - a little bit.
1 bay leaf.
Get a pot. Open the cans and put in the pot. Add the cumin seed and the bay leaf. Heat. Cut up some Italian loaf or French bread or a baguette or sourdough bread. Make a salad. Eat when the soup is hot.
See - easy.
This is an incredibly easy and quick recipe, and I make it often for church functions - notably the icon workshop.
I don't know what it's called.
1 large can diced tomatoes.
1 or 2 cans black beans.
1 or 2 cans creamed corn (and yes, creamed corn is Lenten - they use cornstarch, not cream - that's why it's called "cream-style" corn.)
cumin seed - a little bit.
1 bay leaf.
Get a pot. Open the cans and put in the pot. Add the cumin seed and the bay leaf. Heat. Cut up some Italian loaf or French bread or a baguette or sourdough bread. Make a salad. Eat when the soup is hot.
See - easy.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Questions...
All Right,
I have some questions, and I seem to think I know the answers, but I want to hear from a few sources, maybe a deacon or two and whichever other liturgical authorities are out there...
I have two questions, maybe three:
1) are we meant to be quiet in the church? I mean, I was always taught that we were meant to be quiet while in the church, and do our chatting outside, but we seem to talk more and more inside the church during the veneration of the cross. and I do it too, I am not pointing fingers and anyone but the royal 'we'.
2) I was once told that liturgically it was not really the right thing to do to venerate the icon on the analogion right before communion, but I don't remember who told met that, and it seems as though it happens on a rather sporadic basis, so, what are we meant to do?
and and one more
3) kissing the robes of the priest, I know that is sort of a tradition, but isn't it meant to happen during the great entrance and
not the little entrance?
These are small details that won't make or break our life as a church, but I wonder about them quite often.
David
ps, no baby yet. trust me, you'll know. if fact, maybe this blog will be the first place I post...
I have some questions, and I seem to think I know the answers, but I want to hear from a few sources, maybe a deacon or two and whichever other liturgical authorities are out there...
I have two questions, maybe three:
1) are we meant to be quiet in the church? I mean, I was always taught that we were meant to be quiet while in the church, and do our chatting outside, but we seem to talk more and more inside the church during the veneration of the cross. and I do it too, I am not pointing fingers and anyone but the royal 'we'.
2) I was once told that liturgically it was not really the right thing to do to venerate the icon on the analogion right before communion, but I don't remember who told met that, and it seems as though it happens on a rather sporadic basis, so, what are we meant to do?
and and one more
3) kissing the robes of the priest, I know that is sort of a tradition, but isn't it meant to happen during the great entrance and
not the little entrance?
These are small details that won't make or break our life as a church, but I wonder about them quite often.
David
ps, no baby yet. trust me, you'll know. if fact, maybe this blog will be the first place I post...
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Translation of the Relics of St Ignatius
Writing this, I am alive, but my desire is for death. My love is crucified; there is in me no burning desire, only the living waters which speak in me, saying in me, Come to the Father. I take no pleasure in the food of corruption, nor in the pleasures of this life.
I desire the bread of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, of the seed of David; and the drink I long for is His blood, which is incorruptible love.
St Ignatius the Godbearer
Ad Romanus
I desire the bread of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, of the seed of David; and the drink I long for is His blood, which is incorruptible love.
St Ignatius the Godbearer
Ad Romanus
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Deaconation...
Hi All,
Just a quick schedule posting.
Below is the schedule of services while His Eminence, our Archbishop SERAPHIM, is with us. Please note that there is NO Liturgy tomorrow (Friday) as was initially announced:
SATURDAY, Jan 31st, 10am: Full Hierarchical Liturgy with ORDINATION OF SUBDEACON ACHILLEAS KASAPI TO THE HOLY DIACONATE - Also present will be Fathers Lawrence Farley, Charles Baxter, Peter, Kosta Kaltsidis, and Deacons Kevin Miller and Kurt Jordan. Feast to follow.
SATURDAY, Jan 31st, 6pm: Great Vespers
SUNDAY, Feb 01st, 10am: Hierarchical Liturgy
MONDAY, Feb 02nd, 10am: Hierarchical Liturgy with Metropolitan Soterios and Archbishop Seraphim at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Presentation of the Lord
SATURDAY, February 07th, 6pm: Great Vespers
SUNDAY, February 08th, 10am: Hierarchical Liturgy; followed by our Annual General Meeting
Just a quick schedule posting.
Below is the schedule of services while His Eminence, our Archbishop SERAPHIM, is with us. Please note that there is NO Liturgy tomorrow (Friday) as was initially announced:
SATURDAY, Jan 31st, 10am: Full Hierarchical Liturgy with ORDINATION OF SUBDEACON ACHILLEAS KASAPI TO THE HOLY DIACONATE - Also present will be Fathers Lawrence Farley, Charles Baxter, Peter, Kosta Kaltsidis, and Deacons Kevin Miller and Kurt Jordan. Feast to follow.
SATURDAY, Jan 31st, 6pm: Great Vespers
SUNDAY, Feb 01st, 10am: Hierarchical Liturgy
MONDAY, Feb 02nd, 10am: Hierarchical Liturgy with Metropolitan Soterios and Archbishop Seraphim at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Presentation of the Lord
SATURDAY, February 07th, 6pm: Great Vespers
SUNDAY, February 08th, 10am: Hierarchical Liturgy; followed by our Annual General Meeting
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Theophany in Victoria...
http://www.timescolonist.com/Life/Blessing+waters+ancient+rite/1154708/story.html
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