Tuesday, March 4, 2008

More information on our journey into Orthodoxy

We chose our Christian names/patron saints.

Miss O chose a very unusual saint, that as of yet there is no icon for. New Martyr Maria of Gatchina.
http://www.antiochian.org/martyr_maria

We chose Seraphim of Sarov for Ollie;
http://www.antiochian.org/saint_seraphim

The Bear chose Roman the Melodist;
http://orthodoxwiki.org/Roman_the_Melodist

We chose Anna for Wooster;
http://orthodoxwiki.org/Anna

And I chose Xenia, the fool for Christ;
http://www.goarch.org/en/Chapel/saints.asp?contentid=402

I know our priest is likely looking forward to using the saint names for our kids rather than their birth names. We choose rather...unique names for our kids. And Lord willing, if we have the three more kids I would love to have....the best and most unusual names are to come.

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