April 19, 2006
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Pictures from our our “big day”
Jonah being anointed with Holy Chrism. The Sacrament of Holy Unction is offered for the healing of soul and body and for forgiveness of sins. (Thank you Nouno Evan for taking this picture. )
The use of the Holy Chrism was introduced to the Christian Church from the existing Old Testament practice. It is stated that, “The Lord said to Moses, ‘Take the finest spices ‑‑ 12 pounds of liquid myrrh, 6 pounds of sweet‑smelling cinnamon, 6 pounds of sweet cane, and 12 pounds of cassia (all weighted according to official standard). Add one gallon of olive oil, and make a sacred anointing oil, mixed like perfume.”’ (Exodus 30:22‑25)
“For those of you who think that Orthodoxy does not honor or understand Scripture, consider the following readings from The Office of Holy Unction which was performed tonight as we prepare to mourn our Lord’s crucifixion and celebrate His resurrection: “
Taken from dostoevsky_had_it_rough‘s blog
Uncle Michael and Maria~Angelica
Celebrating Papou’s birthday at Benihana.
Papou and all his grandchildren; the best present of all!
Basil enjoyed meeting Cincinnati Red’s player Ken Griffey Jr.
My brother was walking the baby around Benihana’s when he started talking to Ken Griffey Jr. One by one the boys started to come in and Michael introduced his nephews to Junior.
Junior was very nice and spent a lot of time talking to my brother and the boys.
I told Junior I remember his dad during the Red’s heyday when I was a kid and “The Big Red Machine” Junior said “Yeah I tell my dad , ‘you were the mechanic of The Big Red Machine and I am the mechanic of the little red caboose’ .” LOL!
Basil wanted a picture with Junior’s car after Uncle Michael told him that car cost more than our house. I , on the other hand, would just be grateful for a mini van from this century!
Comments (11)
Hehe, thanks for quoting me!
I am glad my stories amuse you, but I really hope your study abroad wasn´t as messed up as mine. Haha or maybe yeah it needs to be. Maybe you should tell me your stories. I dunno, but at any rate have a blessed holy Week and Pascha. And fyi your family is adorable.<3
That’s awesome!
Thats neat, I never meet any celebrities walking with my kid. My wife however meet the one and only Stephen Krashen.
How fun! Didnt he used to play for the Cleveland Indians though??? :wha: Course I know NOTHING about baseball!! LOL! Tim’s coworker used to play for the Cinci Bengals though…that is your football teams name right??? Ok..I know nothing about any sport.
We went to the Holy Unction service yesterday…just the kids and me…and we survived. They were very excited about getting anointed…even little Gwen held her hands out when we got up to Fr. P….and she keeps telling me about it today, and showing me where the oil went. :heartbeat:
My bil plays for the reds, though they just moved him down to AA for an older gentleman to get into AAA-that man’s last shot. It’s a small world!
Your family is adorable!:wave:
Thanks for posting all the pictures of your kids – as usual they’re adorable.
Uh…never mind…my mil laughed at me when I asked her…and she told me Im thinking about Kenny Lofton. :rolleyes::shysmile::lol:
wow!! what a cool day! Your boys muct have been walking on clouds.
How cool!!! Did you guys get autographs and stuff?? I’m assuming so.
Wonderful photos, and how cool is that to meet Ken Griffey, JR? He used to be a Mariner, so we used to get to see him reguarly! He’s got such a cute grin!