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Please keep me in your prayers! Can't talk about it but I just need some prayers right now.

Not that there is any for me to do (nor would it be possible here) but I figured I'd post a picture of the Tomb at New Valaam Monastery (Uusi Valamo) in Finland.

"Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer" airing on public TV this week Posted 04/21 NEW YORK, NY [OCA] -- An abbreviated public TV version of the documentary feature film, "Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer," is airing on over 218 PBS TV stations this week, in conjunction with the celebration of Pascha...

Made it to Finland just fine but picked up a whopper of a cold. Think larynghitis that went ape. My doc has me well drugged up from all angles and while I'm starting to feel a bit better I'm still kind of out of things and dizzy. Stupid Jet Lag! So if you can say a little prayer for me so I can...

Memory Eternal to him and all who perished in these storms. Gloucester tornado damage estimated at $7.7M, 162 homes | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

On Blogs, Cell Phones, and the End of Privacy : A Russian Orthodox Church Website As crazy as it sounds I've managed to cut down on internet time a bit this Lent. Not as much as I was hoping to but I guess baby steps are better than no steps... The internet definitely serves a purpose but...

Bad Vestments I think it might have been here before but in the spirit of 'Bishop DrapeRod' here it goes! ^_^

Glory to God! The Orthodox Church in America Japanese Orthodox Church reports that priest, wife safe Posted 03/17 SYOSSET, NY [OCA] -- According to a communique posted by the Autonomous Orthodox Church of Japan on March 17, 2011, contact has been made with Father Basil and Matushka Mary...

Please pray for the missing priest!! Here's the text from an IOCC email that just arrived. Consider making kits as a Lenten tithe. They can be made with a fairly small sum of money. Orthodox Church in Japan Assesses Needs of Survivors, Searches for Missing Priest March 14, 2011...

Ok, figured I'd start a separate thread for this... I need some help. What do you all eat for breakfast for Lent? I'm so used to milk and egg being in my breakfast so I'm running out of ideas. I need more protein and I can't have much soy (and one can only eat so much peanut butter)...

Just got a message from the ACROD priest here. Metropolitan Nicholas has reposed in the Lord! Memory Eternal Vladyka!:crosseo:

Assassination attempt on Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople prevented - PanARMENIAN.Net

Skippy Peanut Butter Recalled Over Possible Salmonella Contamination - ABC News Just as an FYI before the peanut butter eating begins...

Whoever knows me, knows I LOVE cheese! I can out eat three cheese loving men... So what are you cheese fare week plans? Mine includes lots of cheese and ice cream... add some chocolate too! First up: cheese and crackers tonight (probably a good idea because these storms that look like they...

I posted about the Miracleworking icon that was found in Finland earlier this month. The Conservatory is doing a blog on the process and work on the icon. I've asked the monastery if they want me to translate the blog and am waiting for reply. In the mean time, here's the link (I'll update if...

OrthPhoto.net ..... :bow:

Some of you maybe remember that last summer a Wonderworking icon was stolen from the Orthodox Cathedral in Helsinki (Finland). Well today we found out that they have recovered the stolen icon somewhere where the thieves have stashed their stuff. They caught the folks stealing them (they're from...

Don't know anything more about it. Does anyone here? They do seem to have A# don't know if you get that in immigration jail but generally they're associated with permanent residency. He is a ROCOR priest and the priest here says it's legit that he's possibly being deported. Wish they could at...

Condensed version of his Mystery of Faith book... An Online Orthodox Catechism adopted from 'The Mystery of Faith' - - Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev

Note: This is very upsetting and tough to read Philadelphia doctor accused of murdering patient, newborns - CNN.com