Monthly Archives: March 2010

St Vladimir’s Seminary Lenten Retreat

From the seminary website: This year’s annual public Lenten retreat at St Vladimir’s Seminary will be “Southern Style” as we welcome Fr Joseph Huneycutt, author of the popular blog Orthodixie. Fr Joseph’s topic for this year’s retreat, to be held … Continue reading

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St Paraskevi Monastery – Feast of 40 Martyrs

Winter in these parts has been, by Texas standards, pretty brutal this year. But, as I told Gerontissa Paraskevi: “The weather is always beautiful when I come here.” “You should come more often,” she replied. Today I had the blessing … Continue reading

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CARTOON: Lenten Morning Routine

Steve at Pithless Thoughts continues to draw his your my life. (Make sure to scroll down his blog, click Older Posts, for more.)

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The Tonight Show: Conan, Carnac, Dave, and Lento?

With all the fanfare surrounding the return of Jay Leno to The Tonight Show – and earlier, the drama around hosts and ratings, I was remembering my own visit to The Tonight Show, as a member of the studio audience, … Continue reading

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Top Ten Signs it’s the Great Fast

Was thinking about this list the other day … could only come up with five. Suggestions welcomed in the comments. 10) The devil looks a whole lot like that Burger King guy. 9) You start thinking, “I hate everyone – … Continue reading

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