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		<title>Gospel/Epistle for this coming Sunday (29th Sunday after Pentecost/12th Sunday of Luke) &#8211; 01/15/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE EPISTLE (For the Twenty-Ninth Sunday after Pentecost) The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Colossians. (3:4-11) Brethren, when Christ, Who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frmatthewthurman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2687049&amp;post=1355&amp;subd=frmatthewthurman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel/Epistle for this coming Sunday (The Sunday after Theophany) &#8211; 01/08/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE EPISTLE (For the Sunday after Theophany of Christ) The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians. (4:7-13) Brethren, grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore it is said, “When He ascended on high He led a host of captives, and He gave gifts [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frmatthewthurman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2687049&amp;post=1353&amp;subd=frmatthewthurman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel/Epistle for this coming Sunday (The Nativity of Christ) &#8211; 12/25/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE EPISTLE (The Nativity of Christ) The reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians. (4:4-7) Brethren, when the time had fully come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, to redeem those who were under the Law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frmatthewthurman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2687049&amp;post=1351&amp;subd=frmatthewthurman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel/Epistle for this coming Sunday (The Genealogy of Christ) &#8211; 12/18/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE EPISTLE (For the Sunday before the Nativity) The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews. (11:9-10, 32-40) Brethren, by faith Abraham sojourned in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. For he looked forward to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frmatthewthurman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2687049&amp;post=1346&amp;subd=frmatthewthurman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>St. Nicholas the Wonderworker: Day 22: 40 Days of Blogging</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 6 Memory of our Father among the Saints, Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia. (Fourth century) This holy bishop lived in the time of Emperors Diocletian and Maximian. After having led the monastic life for a while, he was promoted to the episcopal dignity for his exceptional and eminent virtue. Because he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frmatthewthurman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2687049&amp;post=1348&amp;subd=frmatthewthurman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel/Epistle for this coming Sunday (Sunday of the Forefathers) &#8211; 12/11/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE EPISTLE (For the Holy Forefathers) The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Colossians. (3:4-11) Brethren, when Christ, Who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frmatthewthurman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2687049&amp;post=1338&amp;subd=frmatthewthurman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Testament Challenge 2011: Day 21: Monday, December 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading: 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frmatthewthurman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2687049&amp;post=1336&amp;subd=frmatthewthurman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seven years ago today&#8230; : Day 21: 40 Days of Blogging</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;my ordination to the diaconate by the hand of His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP at the Church of St. John of Damascus in Dedham, MA.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frmatthewthurman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2687049&amp;post=1340&amp;subd=frmatthewthurman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>St. Savas the Sanctified: Day 21: 40 Days of Blogging</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 5 Memory of our venerable and God-bearing Father Sabbas the Sanctified (439-532). Saint Sabbas was born in 439 in Mutalascus in Cappadocia. While still very young, he embraced religious life in the monastery of Flvinia in Cappadocia. In 457, at the age of eighteen, he went to the monastery of Passarion in Jerusalem. Saint [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frmatthewthurman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2687049&amp;post=1344&amp;subd=frmatthewthurman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>St. Barbara &amp; St. John of Damascus: Day 20: 40 Days of Blogging</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 4 Memory of the holy Great martyr Barbara (?). Our venerable Father John Damascene (+749?) According to the legend in the Greek Menaia, Saint Barbara lived under Emperor Maximian. Her father was a pagan named Dioscorus. Jealous of his daughter&#8217;s remarkable beauty, Dioscorus kept her imprisoned in a tower, for he was not unaware [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frmatthewthurman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2687049&amp;post=1342&amp;subd=frmatthewthurman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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