Why Every Christian Should Have a Prayer Rule - Fr. Josiah Trenham

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I love Fr. Josiah Trenham.

gurneyhalleck1 said:

I just crack up at his weird accent. He’s from southern California like me, but his accent sounds like he’s from Europe

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Well, I myself am a Valley Boy, but most people used to think I was English. Lately though, since the number of posh Brits has decreased, I hear speculations as to my origin which are … how shall I delicately put it … unexpected. Depending on who you ask, I variously am suspected of being from Boston, but not from Boston as in the pahk the cah at hahvahd yahd sense but rather Boston as in the fabulously wealthy old Yankees who attend Unitarian Universalist churches which were originally Puritan churches founded by their direct male line ancestor in the 1600s, or a member of the one of the English speaking caucasian communities in South Africa, Swaziland or Zimbabwe, or from somewhere else in the current or former British Empire, usually somewhere completely unexpected (Gibraltar, the Isle of Man, or perhaps because of my Scandinavian ancestry, the Orkneys) or from somewhere even more exotic in the current or former British Empire (St. Helena, Norfolk Island, the Falklands, or when I tell people about my support for the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox in Egypt, or my interest in the Mar Thoma Christians of India, it has been suggested that I am Anglo-Sudanese-Egyptian like Khigh Deigh, who played Wo Fat on the original Hawaii Five O, or Alexander Siddig who plaued Dr. bashir on Deep Space Nine, or that I am a member of the Anglo-Indian minority), which makes no sense given my appearance.

The other amusing thing about all of this is that I know several English speaking people from South Africa and neighboring colonies, as well as people from the Isle of Man, Orkney, Gibraltar, indeed all the places mentioned except Nortfolk Island and St. Helena, and from all parts of the UK and Ireland, and none have suspected me of being anything other than American.

Perhaps if I’d just like you know talk like someone whose pretty chill about how things are in Sherman Oaks except for the closure of the Arclight Cinemas which like totally sucks I could avoid such speculations, but I do believe my loved ones would fear I had been replaced by a beardless imposter from the mirror universe. And we can’t have that, since my unswerving loyalty to the Terran Empire shines brighter than Sirius on a moonless night.

Speaking of prayer rules, the Didache features a minimal prayer rule which anyone can adhere to, which is Our Father thrice daily. Indeed before my conversion I inadvertently adhered to this rule since my teenage years. Now I pray the Divine Office with Orthodox churches that stream it along with the Jesus Prayer.

gurneyhalleck1 said:

I just crack up at his weird accent. He’s from southern California like me, but his accent sounds like he’s from Europe

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I can't unhear Gus from 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding', whenever I hear him speak.
True, he spent some time at Thessaloniki and visits the monastery in Florina, so he likely acquired some pronunciation from there.

Dewi Sant said:

I can't unhear Gus from 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding', whenever I hear him speak.
True, he spent some time at Thessaloniki and visits the monastery in Florina, so he likely acquired some pronunciation from there.

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I wouldn’t have thought Gus. He does sound kind of Greek American but only slightly, and mainly in terms of his flawless Greek pronunciation.