St. Euphrosynos Taverna and Ouzeri 44 (6)

[GregoryofNyssa]

I was at it again... This AM, from an osprey webcam, in Maine

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Wow! That is gorgeous

 

[~Anastasia~]

No Church today because we caught the edge of Hurricane Nate.

It amounted to no more than a lot of wind for me personally, thank God. The Church should be fine. Several thousand without power nearby, which isn't wide-scale so I expect they will have it back on pretty soon. (I've had to go two weeks without after some hurricanes, when we were hit directly by a cat 3, 4, or 5.) By the mercy of God this one caused nothing severe in the US I'm aware of except flooding on some islands, though there were many deaths in Central America. Lord have mercy.

 

[~Anastasia~]

I checked the SCOBA website yesterday after looking it up to send to someone via pm. And found there is now a western-rite ROCOR parish about 2-hour's drive (or just under) from me. I hope to visit on a weekday Liturgy - they have one in November. There was one just a few days ago (Thursday) so I just missed one. I don't really want to be away from my own parish on Sundays. We don't have many sopranos in the choir so sometimes I'm the main one covering the part (we have others who are better than I, so it's better when they are there!) and I just started teaching children's Sunday School so ... I need to be there.

But I've always been curious about western rite. I think I'd have to arrive for Confession before Matins in order to receive the Eucharist though, so ... confessing to an unknown priest will be a different experience.

Saint Brendan Orthodox Christian Mission

 

[All4Christ]

I checked the SCOBA website yesterday after looking it up to send to someone via pm. And found there is now a western-rite ROCOR parish about 2-hour's drive (or just under) from me. I hope to visit on a weekday Liturgy - they have one in November. There was one just a few days ago (Thursday) so I just missed one. I don't really want to be away from my own parish on Sundays. We don't have many sopranos in the choir so sometimes I'm the main one covering the part (we have others who are better than I, so it's better when they are there!) and I just started teaching children's Sunday School so ... I need to be there.

But I've always been curious about western rite. I think I'd have to arrive for Confession before Matins in order to receive the Eucharist though, so ... confessing to an unknown priest will be a different experience.

Saint Brendan Orthodox Christian Mission

Perhaps you can email the priest and ask if a recent confession with your priest will count?

 

[~Anastasia~]

Perhaps you can email the priest and ask if a recent confession with your priest will count?

That's not a bad idea. I actually planned to schedule Confession with my Confessor soon before anyway. I would prefer to only have a short time to have to consider with an unfamiliar priest.

I used to think I'd prefer a priest I didn't know, some anonymity, if I had to confess, before I had experience with it. Now I'm very comfortable with my Confessor and prefer not to have another.

Though I never was allowed a life Confession, and that would still be a tough thing with my Confessor, but still probably easier with him than an unknown priest. It's good to have developed that trust and to know I'm understood - it doesn't come overnight.

 

[E.C.]

Hi everybody! Long time no see.

 

[prodromos]

 

[~Anastasia~]

Hi everybody! Long time no see.

Hey EC!

Hope you're doing well! Good to see you.

 

[E.C.]

I'm doing alright. Started driving for Uber on the weekends and that gets entertaining

 

[~Anastasia~]

I'm doing alright. Started driving for Uber on the weekends and that gets entertaining

Sounds interesting.

I wanted to do that but my car is much too old.

 

[Anhelyna]

He's back again

Hi EC

 

[E.C.]

Hi Anhelyna!

How've you been?

 

[ArmyMatt]

Hi everybody! Long time no see.

g'mornin'!

 

[Anhelyna]

Anhelyna's doing fine - on the whole

How's yourself ?

 

[E.C.]

Mostly fine. Still navigating the visa process for the finacee and her son

 

[Anhelyna]

ugh

There are times when you really hate bureaucracy and this is most definitely one of those times

 

[E.C.]

It is

However, one of the nice things about the military is we have a legal office on base that not only assists with this kind of thing, but also does it for free

 

[Anhelyna]

Some folk have it lucky then - of that there is no doubt

 

[E.C.]

That's true. One of our chiefs met his wife in Ecuador a long time ago and instead of using the legal office on base, he hired a civilian lawyer. Cost him $4,000 just in legal fees.

 

[Anhelyna]

There's a heck of a difference between $4000 and Free

I know what I would go for