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Hello TAW,
My baptized name is James - which was, praised be to God, also the name my parents gave to me. I was raised going by my middle name (Brad), but when I converted and was baptized, I was able to take the name of a venerable saint without rejecting the name my parents gave to me.
My patron is St. James, Brother of Christ, First Bishop of Jerusalem, author of the Epistle of St. James, James the Just, James the Righteous, James the martyr. Feast day is in October.
I am married (It will be one year as of Aug 20, 2007), but have no children. I sing base in my choir, and occasionally bore the high schoolers at my parish with musings about politics, religion, or other topics at our youth gatherings.
In Christ,
Macarius
PS: I thought it might be interesting to tell why we pick the internet names we do. I picked Macarius because it means "little warrior" - given my youth and... zeal... it seemed appropriate.
My baptized name is James - which was, praised be to God, also the name my parents gave to me. I was raised going by my middle name (Brad), but when I converted and was baptized, I was able to take the name of a venerable saint without rejecting the name my parents gave to me.
My patron is St. James, Brother of Christ, First Bishop of Jerusalem, author of the Epistle of St. James, James the Just, James the Righteous, James the martyr. Feast day is in October.
I am married (It will be one year as of Aug 20, 2007), but have no children. I sing base in my choir, and occasionally bore the high schoolers at my parish with musings about politics, religion, or other topics at our youth gatherings.
In Christ,
Macarius
PS: I thought it might be interesting to tell why we pick the internet names we do. I picked Macarius because it means "little warrior" - given my youth and... zeal... it seemed appropriate.
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