Archive for October, 2007

Meeting Strange Internet People – Part II

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Some minor changes to dates and times… Not long to go now…very excited!
San Jose, California: cancelled — or, God willing, postponed until July 2008
London: Monday, November 12: lunch and/or dinner
Canterbury: Wednesday, November 14: dinner(*)
Oxford: Friday, November 16: lunch
Manchester: Friday, November 16: dinner
Swansea: Friday 23 November: dinner
(*) edited: was “late afternoon or evening”

I love being an Uncle

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Drawing, playing with toys, singing songs, chasing each other around the house, reading books…such great fun. Skye has five fish and a new fish tank, and she took great delight in explaining to me how it all works — well, in as much detail as an two-years-and-nine-months-old can: “Fish go here, bubbles come here, [...]

Christianity is Love

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

A point made in our sermon today — and a good one it was. I do not think we can ever hear this enough: at least I cannot. It is too easy to forget and I need to be constantly reminded, dull and thick brain I have. We had a visiting priest, [...]

A busy week

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Well, my assistant certainly got a baptism of fire: one of the servers crashed just after he left late Monday [his first day], so he came on Tuesday to be greeted with the information. A lot of chasing around, calling specialists, and doing various things. A few serious issues with PCs occurred during [...]

Meeting Strange Internet People

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

That is, me.
If you live in any of the following cities, and are up for meeting me, and possibly some others, feel free to either post below or on the relevant threads on the Ship or the Wibsite:

San Jose, California: Tuesday, November 6: dinner
London: Sunday, November 11: I’m looking for an Orthodox church, and possibly [...]

Holy Apostle James: The Brother of the Lord, First Bishop of Jerusalem

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Troparion – Tone 4:
As the Lord’s disciple you received the Gospel, O righteous James;
as a martyr you have unfailing courage;
as God’s brother, you have boldness;
as a hierarch, you have the power to intercede.
Pray to Christ God that our souls may be saved.
Kontakion – Tone 4:
When God the Word, the Only-begotten of the Father,
came to live [...]

Parish Priest

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Thank you for your prayers for our parish. The Archbishop came to our parish on Sunday and told us a priest from Melbourne is coming up to Sydney to study his Masters at St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College next year. We will meet him, and his wife, on November 4. Your [...]

Hero Worship – Part II: Fitting In

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

[Part I]
Or rather not fitting in.
I know God is infinitely wise and that He has placed me here in Sydney in the 20th and 21st centuries for a reason: but I am not sure what it is. I feel out of place in a number of ways: and have for quite some time. [...]

Prayers – Parish

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Prayers appreciated for our parish, Ss Michael and Gabriel. Our priest resigned Tuesday (!) so we are currently priest-less. Our Archbishop is coming to our parish today; God willing, some news on our future will be forthcoming.
Through the prayers of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel: Lord, have mercy.
Happier news: I [...]

Bird King

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Shown on SBS this morning as part of World Tales: you can watch it here [it's about four minutes]. A very entertaining, and enjoyably silly, animation taken from a Tunisian folk-tale.
From the site:
For his interpretation of the Tunisian folk-tale, The King of the Birds, Hamish Koci has parodied one of Disney’s most well-loved animated [...]