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I went into my new dietitian with fear and doubt in my heart.
I came out with hope.
She was totally young and friendly, and was definitely healthy. Although she has never had an eating disorder, she took me seriously, and...
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I have posted my photos of my trip to St. Anthony's. Sorry for the quality; I have a lot to learn about photography. http://people.bakersfield.c...
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I drive early in the morning most Mondays-Fridays now in the "Bas Said," listening to the Koran. Major oil company, Kuwaitis in the van, Cymric fields.
You've caught me unguarded but aware that this is not an Article but a blog, time-stamped and dated. Skipping to the...
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Hello everyone!
LOL, I bet that title will get some responses, but what I mean by virgin blogger is that this is my first time ever in my entire life posting a blog. So my curiosity got to me and now here I am!
My life right now is actually going really well. If you have...
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The old has turned into the new, another cycle starts, and this New Year begins. The winds here are gusting off and on and finally a series of storms are lined up, heavy with the promise of rain, so far, only leaves are falling. Nonetheless the rain will come, cleaning our air, the plants and...
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Some of you may remember the story about our soldiers in Iraq and the orphanage full of children like my son. Three have died but for one there is real hope.Here is a modern day Christmas story,I hope it has a very happy ending..
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I have a low grade flu~ so what to write, beyond grumbling about a fever, body aches and bad nightmares?
Pakistan looks like a bad thing waiting to happen, yet on Friday I hear the good news Bhutto is released from house arrest and elections~ if we can trust President Pervez Musharraf words ~...
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Yep. You read that right. I've probably heard this song at least 100 times and it tears me up each and every time I hear it, because I remember being that girl..and I also know that I'm sometimes the one who walks on by. I think I'm more ashamed of being the latter.
For those Casting...
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Hope, with out some hope you cease to really live. The miracle of the everyday turns into deadening routine. Perseverance and hope are intertwined, for to have hope implies a certain spirit of doing. In the classic Greek Mythology Pandora, the first woman opens that jar, eating of the...
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My theme this month is about hope; it may well be my life’s theme. I know how fragile it is, how in one quick moment all hope is gone, and the slow climb one takes back to hope.
Some of you know my story, so for the benefit of our new writers and readers, I lost my only children nine...
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In the wake of 9-11 small acts began to emerge out of the horror that embodied that day. The parents of Peter C. Alderman are fine examples of this. Their son Peter was a young 25 year old who was attending a conference on the 106th floor. They received their 1.4 million share of the 9/11 Victims...
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I just finished reading Sage Fever's post on Hope and rather than hijacking that post here are my thoughts.
Last week I had the privilege of interviewing Dave Barr at his home. Barr is a double amputee who holds to Guinness World records for motorcycling...with two prosthetic limbs mind...
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Reflection on the Coming Autumn
All around me, those next to me in time and space, seem to feel the same deep rumbling, fear the same upheaval.
Those others often so far from me in thought and heart beat, feel it too, manifesting in more mean spirited reaction.
The world seems lost in chaos,...
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Cross posted at sirenchronicles.com
It is August here. Hot, dry interminable….. the days just drag on. Even though ,due to the Zaca fire it has been a cool 90 degrees, the air is heavy, leaden with smoke and ash, our lives colored in a ash-orange hue. August is my birth month, a...
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The winds of change are upon America,the tension is palpable,rest brings strange dreams,daylight brings even stranger reality.
This must be how a small child feels when it's parents are unreliable.The thing that holds your world together,that you trust implicitly,is crazy, wrong, off kilter.One...
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1. THE HOLY APOSTLE CARPUS
Carpus was one of the Seventy Apostles. He was a follower and companion of the Apostle Paul by whom he was appointed as bishop of Varna in Thrace. He also preached the Gospel on Crete where he received St. Dionysius the Areopagite in his home. St. Dionysius testifies...
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I Remember…. A chapter from the samizdat manuscript Life of Hieromonk Arseny
The train stopped and Father Arseny stepped out of the car. It was spring, 1958, cheerful, joyous exhuberant. The morning was bright, sunny. Patches of still...
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1. THE THIRD FINDING OF THE HEAD OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
In the eighth century, during the bitter violence of iconoclasm, the head of St. John was brought to Comana, the place of exile of St. John Chrysostom. When iconoclasm ended in the year...
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1. THE VENERABLE SIMEON THE STYLITE OF THE WONDERFUL MOUNTAIN
This wonderful saint Simeon was born in Antioch in the year 522 A.D. during the reign of Emperor Justin the Elder. His father perished in an earthquake and he was left alone with...
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May 23
1. ST. MICHAEL, BISHOP OF SYNNADA
Michael, this holy and learned hierarch, dedicated himself to the service of Christ from early childhood. Together with St. Theophylact of Nicomedia, he lived a life...
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May 23
1. ST. MICHAEL, BISHOP OF SYNNADA
Michael, this holy and learned hierarch, dedicated himself to the service of Christ from early childhood. Together with St. Theophylact of Nicomedia, he lived a life...
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1. THE HOLY MARTYR BASILISCUS
Basiliscus was a kinsman of St. Theodore Tiro. He was tortured together with Eutropius and Cleonicus. When the latter two [Eutropius and Cleonicus] were crucified, and expired (March 3), then Basiliscus was...
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1. SAINT CONSTANTINE AND EMPRESS HELENA
Constantine's parents were Emperor Constantius Chlorus and the Empress Helena. Chlorus had other children by another wife, but from Helena he had only Constantine. After his coronation Constantine...
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1. THE HOLY MARTYR THALELAEUS
Thalelaeus was born in Lebanon. His father was called Berucius and his mother was called Romila. Thalelaeus was an eighteen-year old youth, handsome of countenance, physically tall and with reddish yellow hair....
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1. THE HOLY PRIESTLY-MARTYR PATRICK [PATRICIOS], BISHOP OF BRUSSA ALONG WITH THREE PRESBYTERS: ACACIUS, MENANDER AND POLYENUS
They suffered for the Faith of Christ during the reign of Julian the Apostate in Asian Brussa. Junius, the...
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1. THE HOLY MARTYR THEODOTUS AND THE SEVEN MAIDEN MARTYRS: THECUSA, ALEXANDRA, CLAUDIA, FALINA, EUPHRASIA, MATRONA AND JULIA
Theodotus was married and an innkeeper in Ancyra during the reign of Diocletian. Although married, he lived...
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http://www.oca.org/
This is a link to The Orthodox Church in America for those who have questions about the Orthodox Faith or simply visit St. George Greek Orthodox Church at 401 Truxtun Ave on Sunday.
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1. THE VENERABLE THEODORE THE SANCTIFIED
Theodore was a disciple of St. Pachomius. He was born and raised as a pagan but as a young man came to the knowledge of the True Faith and was baptized. Learning about St. Pachomius, he secretly fled...
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1. THE HOLY MARTYR ISIDORE
During the reign of Decius, Isidore was drafted by force from the island of Chios into military service. From childhood, Isidore adhered to the Faith of Christ and spent his entire life in fasting, prayer and good...
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Vicki Moore awoke on her birthday, May 3, to find banners up, loved ones singing "Happy Birthday" and a Krispy Kreme doughnut brought in from Fresno especially for her.
She enjoyed two strawberry-filled cakes with butter cream icing — her favorite cake — and a private...
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1. THE HOLY FEMALE MARTYR GLYCERIA
Glyceria was the daughter of a Roman governor. Becoming impoverished after her father's death, Glyceria settled in Trajanopolis in Thrace. During the reign of the nefarious Emperor Antoninus, Glyceria...
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1. SAINT EPIPHANIUS, BISHOP OF CYPRUS
Epiphanius was a Jew by birth and, witnessing the Faith of Christ, was baptized with his sister Callithrope. At age twenty-six, he was tonsured a monk in the monastery of St. Hilarion. Later, he...
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1. SAINT CYRIL AND SAINT METHODIUS EQUAL TO THE APOSTLES
Saints Cyril and Methodius were brothers from Thessalonica of distinguished and wealthy parents, Leo and Maria. The older brother Methodius spent ten years as an officer among the...
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1. THE HOLY APOSTLE SIMON, THE ZEALOT
Simon was one of the Twelve Great Apostles. He was born in Cana of Galilee. The Lord Jesus, with His mother and His disciples, came to his marriage feast. When the wine ran out, the Lord changed water...
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To order your hard copy of Prologue please go here
May 9
1. THE HOLY PROPHET ISAIAH
This great prophet was of royal lineage. Isaiah was born in Jerusalem of Amoz his father who was the brother of...
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1. THE HOLY APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST JOHN
The feast day of this great apostle and evangelist is celebrated on September 26. This day (May 8) commemorates the miracle which appeared at his grave. When John was over one hundred years old, he...
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1. COMMEMORATION OF THE APPEARANCE OF THE HONORABLE CROSS OVER JERUSALEM
During the reign of Emperor Constantius, the son of St. Constantine, and Cyril the Patriarch of Jerusalem, the Honorable Cross appeared about 9:00 a.m. stretching...
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May 6
1. THE HOLY RIGHTEOUS AND LONG-SUFFERING JOB
Job was a descendant of Esau the grandson of Abraham and lived in Arabia about 2,000 years before...
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Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich
The Prologue from Ohrid
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Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich
The Prologue from Ohrid
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Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich
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To order your hard copy of Prologue please go here
April 13
1. THE PRIEST-MARTYR ARTEMON
Artemon was a priest in Laodicea during the reign of Emperor Diocletian. Before his tormenting judge, he...
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Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich
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REFLECTION
When a man detaches his mind from earth, opens it toward God with the desire to please God, then God reveals His will in various ways. St. Peter of Damascus writes: "If a man has a full intention to please God,...
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We are already getting calls to provide tutoring for our elementry school program "Winner's Circle". We focus on families that cannot afford tutors to help catch their children up to date when they fall behind.
Volunteers contact us at The Salvation Army and volunteer and we do the...
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