Mr. Husband and I had our house blessing yesterday night!
It was a really lovely time.
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This year we went again to our dear friend's place
afterwards for dinner...
It was Meatfare Sunday and we enjoyed
a beef soup with mushrooms and lentils,
some of the mushrooms being from
where St. Benedict is from...
I brought the salad, golden raisins and crumbled goat cheese;
they provided the dressing :)
The soup was very lovely...
We brought the fresh flowers to the home... :)
It was a lovely dinner.
I am very inspired by them often,
in their graciousness and hospitality.
They share in the same love of beauty...
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And they served sliced roast beef with onions and carrots,
wonderful scalloped potatoes
and a lemon cake with blueberries that was just lovely.
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It was a wonderful last evening of having meat the last time
before Pascha!
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It was doubly wonderful for me as last year
I was ill with mono and it is nice to be a bit stronger this year.
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I am working on some posts on Great Lent that I hope to get up soon.
I have been thinking on this and
on what ways I have found best to approach this
greatest of fasts.
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Meanwhile, to all my Orthodox friends,
blessed butter week!
It is now the week of blini, sour cream, milk, and butter! :)
5 comments:
What nice pictures...it is customary for your priest to go to several homes in one day and to have others join in? ♥ I hope you have a great week, too. I am thinking of making a cheesy lasagna.
How lovely!
Thank you Martha!! I am not sure what is customary for our priest but since we are all in the same area, over 1 hour drive from church, it made sense to do them together and it is a very special time of fellowship and shared hospitality!
That salad bowl! I love it! Is it yours? Where did you get it?
I know, that salad bowl is very beautiful!! It is my friend's whose home we were at and I asked her also! it was one of her wedding gifts :)
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