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St. Gabriel, Archangel
Comm. Lenten feria
Western:
St. Aldemar
St. Caimin
St. Cairlon
St. Domangard
St. Epicharis
St. Hildelitba
St. Latinus
St. Macartan
St. Mark & Timothy
St. Pigmenius
St. Romulus and Secundus
St. Seleucus
St. Timolaus & Companions
Forefeast of the Annunciation
Venerable Zachariah the Recluse
Saint Artemon, Bishop of Seleucia
Venerable Zachariah the Ascetic of the Kiev Caves
Martyr Stephen of Kazan
Martyr Peter of Kazan
Icon of the Mother of God of “the Uncut Mount” or “Clouded Mountain”
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from Intellectual Takeout
Nonprofit Organization in Bloomington, Minnesota
by Grayson Quay
In 2019, my then-fiancée and I met with our priest during the premarital counselling process. One of his questions was whether we wanted children. We said we did. That was good, he replied. If we didn’t, he would refuse to marry us. Although he would make exceptions for marriages beset by genetic, medical, or mental health issues, he flatly declared that DINK (Dual Income No Kids) couples were going against God’s design for marriage. I was shocked. I would have expected such a position from a Catholic priest, but our priest is Anglican. Besides, some people just don’t want kids, I reasoned, and that’s their decision to make. Or is it? To answer that question, we must first ask two others: “What is marriage for?” and “What is sex for?”
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from Substack
Bishop Chandler Holder Jones
The 1975 Greek Orthodox Catechism for Britain
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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