{Our Time in PEI} ~ St. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church

Mr. Husband and I,

while we were in PEI,

had the pleasure of being at the one

Orthodox church on the Island:

St. Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church.

It is a lovely church and I can tell how much

personal effort, time and attention the

beautifying of this Orthodox Temple has took

and is continuing to take. 

The iconostasis is really beautiful;

my pictures do not do it justice.

and the blue....very beautiful... the liturgical colour 

for the Mother of God... it was so fitting that

we were there during the (new calendar) Dormition Fast

and went to their paraklesis service as well

as liturgy on Sunday.

Icons truly enliven a space and it was wonderful to

see this church adorned with so many!

The Mother of God.

St. Stephen the first martyr.

Christ.

Saints Peter and Paul.

St. Elizabeth the New Martyr,

this is the second icon I've seen with St. Elizabeth

in traditional black monastic clothes;

the other one being in my church in Ottawa...

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If you are ever visiting PEI,

I do encourage you to go to this lovely church!

I found myself and Mr. Husband warmly welcomed

and it is a lovely place to pray!

My Wedding Day

Before liturgy the day of our wedding
I placed rose petals and rose leaves
by the main icons.

My Grandma's dress
that I wore
62 years
later.

The Veil
was handmade
to match the dress and
what my Grandma
wore on her wedding day.

It was beautiful and prayerful.

Our Crowns.

Being brought from
the betrothal to the crowning
by my spiritual father.

My shoes. :)

My dress.
Cross and komboskini from
Holy Dormition Monastery.

We had each table named
for a different event or character in
CS Lewis' Narnia books.

It was beautiful and full of light.

This was our wedding cake.

Everyone had cheesecake
for dessert.

Our rings.

The cake server is ours
a gift from a good friend of ours.

We handed out wedding favours.

 

Dutch King and Queen peppermints.
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For a description of this
most beautiful and joyous day,
please read my previous post.
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See my other blog for
two other pictures...

37 Years Ago Today

My parents got married 37 years ago today!

If they were here,

I would make a feast for them!

We would be sure to have a lovely dessert as well.

So Mom and Dad,

here's to many many more years!

I love you!

I am so glad I am your daughter!!

I thank God for you and for your marriage!

Thanksgiving

My favourite tree.

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I had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.

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Did not manage to take pictures of the dinner yesterday

but it turned out well.

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One of my close friends gave birth to a son yesterday

and I am going to be the godmom!

I am VERY excited.