The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the center of the Orthodox Christian faith. Twelve weeks of preparation precede it. This is made up of pre-lenten Sundays, Great Lent, and Holy Week. The faithful try to make this long journey with repentance, forgiveness, reconciliation, prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and study. When the feast finally […]
Us humans seem to be so out of touch with nature. We seem at times to be something not part of real life on earth. That could be the issue… I walked at 5 a.m. and saw four deer, one fox, ten eagles, hundreds of ducks and a zillion tiny baby birds… It may be […]
Those that have an issue with trying to follow the traditions for Easter due to the Coronavirus may follow the following… On the Great Saturday before Easter, Orthodox Christians traditionally go to the temple and consecrate (bless) Easter cakes, Easter and eggs. But this year, due to the coronavirus epidemic, many will not have such […]
Besides going to take a walk this morning for the first time in two days? It has snowed and rained for almost three days straight. But right now the weather has softened and it stopped raining. I will hope to take advantage of that and have a walk this morning, but until then lets see […]
Woe is we, the webs we weave and yet we still run into the web and it is right in front of our face… Much like the ABC report, the Channel 12 story alleges the US government was provided the information, yet “did not deem it of interest,” also stating Israeli health officials were made […]
Purple flowers bloomed so wonderful and then Old Man Winter decided he did not like them and snowed all over our parade in the Tiny Russian Village… Going to rain and snow for three days….two more days to go! Go away Old Man Winter! I love purple flowers… WtR
Slept good, snowy, cold and coffee is superb and a thought struck me… In 2006 I moved out of the US and found a world that hardly anyone in America knows about. I could not go back and live in America. The curtailing of freedoms that I would have to adjust to would be very […]
Truth is truth, no matter who says it… “The president is showing us his political playbook: blame the WHO, blame China, blame his political opponents, blame his predecessors – do whatever it takes to deflect from the fact that his administration mismanaged this crisis,” said Democratic representative Eliot Engel. USA cuts WHO funding! Just making […]
Just some images as I walk and stuff… Snowing today and they say tomorrow also. Will work inside the home today. Finished our kitchen sink and will shave at it today. Nice having modern, well kinda modern things… 😉 Have a nice day… WtR
Russia has become a different world due to King Coronavirus… Easter could be a big mess – time of virus spreading in Russia… WtR PS: Thanks to Svetochka for sending me the image…