St. Elizabeth the New Martyr

 

Mr. Husband and I have
this wonderful book on St. Elizabeth the New Martyr
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I am hoping to read it over the next while.
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Reading lives of Saints is so important to keep our eyes
on Christ and to provide encouragement to us.
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Troparion

Causing meekness, humility and love to dwell in thy soul,
Thou didst earnestly serve the suffering,
O holy passion-bearer Princess Elizabeth;
Wherefore, with faith thou didst endure sufferings and death for Christ,
with the martyr Barbara.
With her pray for all who honor you with love.

Kontakion

Taking up the Cross of Christ,
Thou didst pass from royal glory to the glory of heaven,
Praying for thine enemies, O holy martyr Princess Elizabeth;
And with the martyr Barbara thou didst find everlasting joy.
Therefore, pray ye in behalf of our souls.
~found here.
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Akathist to St. Elizabeth found here.
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I have long loved this Saint who
like so many of us
converted to Orthodoxy as adults.
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May we have her loving prayers!

St. Elizabeth's Day

 

Mr. Husband and I had
a wonderful time
celebrating St. Elizabeth's Day
yesterday!
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After the festivities, we went to
Michael's and I got some
great knitting supplies and more
yarn for the
September School Blanket I am making!
I got a fun deep yellow and a great
orange to add to the blanket!
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Thank you for your prayers for the
newly born child.
So far so good from what I have heard.
We are praying very much for them all.
And I started my blanket for them!
It will DV be a blue blanket with a yellow boarder.
I would love to do a simple
knit yellow duck in the centre.
Any ideas where I can do this without too much
knitting stress
(since I have not done pattern work yet)?
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It was so wonderful to be in church
for St. Elizabeth after hearing about
the newly born 1.5 lb baby and my
Aunt's struggles with a sudden broken arm.
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We are so blessed to have the church to pray
in and for those we love and care about.
I am so thankful!
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What are you thankful for today?

St. Elizabeth the New Martyr

 

Today is the
Feast Day of St. Elizabeth the New Martyr!
See here for some great
articles on her life ~ here and here
(given to me recently from a new blog friend!)
Also see here, here and here!
Akathist here and Canon here.

today

happy St. Valentine's day! :)

today i went to a wedding at my church and it was really special. and at the end i got to hold a special little baby, and stood at the back of church. this made my heart happy.

i realize i just used the word 'special' two times, but you know, it is an okay word...

sometimes it is hard to capture how one's feels, you know. perhaps that is because the feeling is so inward, that an outward expression of it is difficult.

i was near an icon of St. Elisabeth the new martyr; i held a child; i was with my church family; it is a safe, comforting thing. i think the nearest to explaining it is what i see when the priest's young daughter falls and hurts herself. if her father is near by and sees, he goes over, picks her up and holds her. it is beautiful and a deep thing to know that one can still be safe like that, even though i am now an adult.

becoming Orthodox is the best thing that ever happened to me, other than having a Christian family to grow up in. i am blessed and thank God for such immense grace.