tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post6668779102420452314..comments2024-03-28T12:31:11.055-07:00Comments on Adventures In Keeping House: Childless Women And HomemakingSannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-39777978849074606862014-05-10T13:16:24.942-07:002014-05-10T13:16:24.942-07:00Orthodox wedding ceremony is certainly very beauti...Orthodox wedding ceremony is certainly very beautiful! If more people saw marriage as divine gift, we would probably have less divorce. Also childless couples still have each other and their extended family. Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-860672793520286022014-05-10T13:10:42.447-07:002014-05-10T13:10:42.447-07:00You are welcome, Retro Homemaker!You are welcome, Retro Homemaker!Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-4049065087533616202014-05-10T13:08:10.292-07:002014-05-10T13:08:10.292-07:00Groom, not broom. Sorry, I forgot to correct
Groom, not broom. Sorry, I forgot to correct<br />Preoteasa Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996489147504336535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-90303022302344603832014-05-10T13:07:04.022-07:002014-05-10T13:07:04.022-07:00Very true! Your post about Abraham and Sarah remin...Very true! Your post about Abraham and Sarah reminds me of our Orthodox wedding ceremony. There are great blessings for the spouses, before the groom is taken the crown from his head the priest says: You shall be blessed like Abraham, you shall be fertile like Jacob and rejoice like Isaac. Then the broom kisses the Gospel and the bride steps forward and before she is taken her crown from the head the priest says: You shall be blessed like Sarah, you shall be fertile like Rachel and rejoice with your husband like Rebecca...I still remember these blessings and I must confess all that happened. We are blessed but are still waiting for children like Abraham and Sarah, I have to wait like Rachel for my first born and I am very happy with my husband. I remember a prayer that the priest said: God, as you have blessed Josef and Assineth, Moses and Sepforah, give them children to be useful and I thought that children are always useful and welcome but God may still have other plans and now I understand everything that was given to us at that point of our lives. In our tradition, marriage is a divine gift and the spouses are treated like royal people with crowns on their heads during the ceremony. I am so fascinated about this and I love participating in weddings. The only thing that brides usually dislike is when the Ephesians letter is being read and the bride hears the words: the wife shall obey her husband. This is a delicate moment and in the end, the priest usually explains these words in order to make clear that the Church is not against women etc. but against disorder and chaos. Preoteasa Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996489147504336535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-41075500389634075322014-05-10T06:02:28.853-07:002014-05-10T06:02:28.853-07:00Thanks for the link! Thanks for the link! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-58299315939284538682014-05-10T03:27:14.061-07:002014-05-10T03:27:14.061-07:00You are welcome! You are welcome! Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-44695174539742547282014-05-10T02:44:08.215-07:002014-05-10T02:44:08.215-07:00Thank you so much for a thoughtful and informative...Thank you so much for a thoughtful and informative post.Housewife59https://www.blogger.com/profile/12485051347795187632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-74452484970103089762014-05-10T00:51:51.975-07:002014-05-10T00:51:51.975-07:00Thanks!Thanks!Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-72675797546616000152014-05-09T23:45:01.252-07:002014-05-09T23:45:01.252-07:00Excellent. Excellent. Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com