Sorry to have been a way for such a long while! As you may have heard we've moved to Portland... all I can say about this is WHEW! EXHAUSTED!!
So now that we are finally settling in here, I'll try to post a few updates soon to make up for lost time. :)
Recently my family celebrated our Slava. A Slava is a Serbian traditional feast day to honor the personal patron saint of the family.
Right now you are probably wondering, "I thought you were a convert??" Yes, but being that we are Orthodox and of course as Americans we have only shallow roots of our own, we have chosen to adopt a few which are further steeped in tradition. Aren't we, after all, now a part of a much bigger family? Are we not now one in Christ and therefore able to live new lives, rich with the culture that one can only find within the family of Christ?
On this Happy Day, our Slava, the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle and First-Called it is a feast that we should look to in remembrance of Christ and His saint... how St. Andrew confessed the faith honestly and with love, how he died unashamedly for his love of Christ-God our Savior.
Listen to a podcast about St. Andrew - from Fr. Thomas Hopko
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