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Katherine

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My Interests

Singing, iconography, exercising at the gym and eating healthy. Would love to try adventurous activities someday - hang-gliding, rock-climbing, river-rafting, parachuting - oooh, and Richard Petty's Nascar driving school sounds like fun too! VISIT Sparkpeople.com for diet plans, articles, nutrition and exercise tracking tools - and it's ALL TOTALLY FREE!

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Anyone interested in adult conversation about any topic! Which Classic Female Literary Character Are you?
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You are a curious person, always in a state of awareness.
Connected to all things spiritual, you are very connected to your soul.
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Occasionally, you get quite depressed and have dark feelings.

You have great vision and can be very insightful.
In fact, you are often profound in a way that surprises yourself.
Visionary souls like you can be the best type of friend.
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You are elegant, withdrawn, and brilliant.
Your mind is a weapon, able to solve any puzzle.
You are also great at poking holes in arguments and common beliefs.

For you, comfort and calm are very important.
You tend to thrive on your own and shrug off most affection.
You prefer to protect your emotions and stay strong. The World's Shortest Personality Test
Your Linguistic Profile:
75% General American English

15% Upper Midwestern

5% Yankee

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Music:

Liturgical music and byzantine chant, Country, 80's or soft/classic rock.My favorite CD is:

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Movies:

adventure/action; historical fiction; science fiction. I.E: Lord of the Rings, Narnia, Pirates ot Caribbean. I'm also an action hero geek - LOVE Spiderman and the latest Batman and Superman movies. I have a fuller list on www.Flickster.com.

Television:

Currently: The Biggest Loser Couples; The Dog Whisperer; Ghost Hunters

Books:

I'm currently reading: French Women Don't Get Fat, By Mireille Guiliano
The Lost Gospel of Mary: The Mother of Jesus in Three Ancient Texts ..
The forgotten medicine: The mystery of repentance (The spiritual writings of Archimandrite Seraphim Aleksiev)
A Night in the Desert of the Holy Mountain: Discussion with a Hermit on the Jesus Prayer
St. Basil the Great on the Holy Spirit
Three Treatises on the Divine Images (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press Popular Patristics Series)
The Open Door: Entering the Sanctuary of Icons and Prayer (Pocket Faith Series, 4)
Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith ..
On the Invocation of the Name of Jesus
The Trial of Job: Orthodox Christian Reflections on the Book of Job
Christ in the Psalms
The Truth (What Every Roman Catholic Should Know About the Orthodox Church) ..
The Life: The Orthodox Doctrine of Salvation (Faith Series)
The Way of a Pilgrim
The Path to Salvation: A Manual of Spiritual Transformation
Ascending the Heights
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The Way: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church (Faith Catechism)
The Orthodox Church: New Edition
The Orthodox Way
Divine Energy: The Orthodox Path to Christian Victory
The Illumined Heart: The Ancient Christian Path of Transformation powered by frazy.com

Heroes:

Great Martyr Katherine of Alexandria, commemorated on Nov.24Troparion, tone 4:By your virtues as by rays of the sun you enlightened the unbelieving philosophers, and like the most bright moon you drove away the darkness of disbelief from those walking in the night; you convinced the queen, and also chastised the tyrant, God-summoned bride, blessed Catherine. You hastened with desire to the heavenly bridal chamber of the fairest Bride-groom Christ, and you were crowned by Him with a royal crown; standing before Him with the angels, pray for us who keep your most sacred memory.Life of the saint: visit http://www.oca.org/FSlives.asp

My Blog

Great Lent, a quote by St. John Chrysostom

"Sharpen your sword and your sickle which has been blunted by gluttony - sharpen it by fasting. Lay hold of the pathway which leads towards heaven, rugged and narrow as it is. Lay hold of it, and jour...
Posted by Katherine on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:23:00 PST

Rule of Prayer

From: Patrick Reardon [email protected]>To: [email protected]: Friday, December 28, 2007 8:21:53 PMSubject: 12/30 PonderingsDecember 30, 2007Sunday After Christmas Father Pat...
Posted by Katherine on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:53:00 PST

The Conception by the Righteous Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary

On December 9 - this coming Sunday in 2007 - we commemorate The Conception by the Righteous Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos.  Joachim and Anna, the parents of Miriam of Nazareth, were aged and de...
Posted by Katherine on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:25:00 PST

The Incarnation Principle

December 2, 2007Third Sunday of Advent Father Pat's Pastoral Ponderings The dogma of the Incarnation is not just one of the teachings of the Christian Church. The Word's assumption of our hu...
Posted by Katherine on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:05:00 PST

My Journey to The Orthodox Church

My Journey to The Orthodox Church Part I  The Historical Journey   I grew up in a non-religious home.  It wasn't that we were atheists, just "lapsed Protestants", I suppose.  (I knew...
Posted by Katherine on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:06:00 PST

Why are more Christians opting for Cremation when they die?

     Why are more and more Christians these days choosing cremation over a traditional Christian burial?  I'm sure it has a lot to with practicality, namely, alleviating...
Posted by Katherine on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 07:34:00 PST

The Pope and the Ecumenical Patriarch Meet in Turkey

NOTE: I did not write this article.  I got it from an online source some time ago.  I don't recall the source.   Under The Turkish Guns, The Christians Roar It is the peculiar geni...
Posted by Katherine on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:00:00 PST

Orthodoxy 101 - The Mystical Supper

Orthodoxy 101: The Mystical Supper  Q: What do Orthodox believe about the Lord's Supper?      Orthodox Christians believe the consecrated bread, wine and water  to be ...
Posted by Katherine on Sat, 19 May 2007 11:01:00 PST

Orthodoxy 101 : Prayer and The Departed Saints

    Many Protestant and Evangelical Christians, upon first learning that Orthodox Christians pray to the saints (including Jesus' blessed mother), will make certain assumptions about t...
Posted by Katherine on Thu, 10 May 2007 11:52:00 PST

Sola Scriptura vs. Holy Tradition in the Orthodox Church

Sola Scriptura vs. Holy Tradition      Clark Carlton wrote in his book, The Way: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church, that "the principle by which the re...
Posted by Katherine on Wed, 02 May 2007 06:07:00 PST